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Herb Kelleher

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Original name is Herbert D. Kelleher

He was born on March 12, 1931

He is the co-founder, and Chairman Emeritus

and former CEO of Southwest Airlines (based

in the United States)

Southwest airlines offers low fares and point

to point carrier in America to its passengers

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EDUCATION , CAREER

BA from Wesleyan University in 1953.

In 1956, LLB from New York University.

Started his career at New Jersey SupremeCourt.(1956-1959)

Worked with many companies, joined

Southwest in 1969.

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Kelleher's colourful personality created a corporateculture

Southwest is consistently named among the top fiveMost Admired Corporations in America in Fortunemagazine's annual poll

Kelleher has dedicated himself to building a culturethat puts employees , not customers first.

Fortune has also called Kelleher the best CEO inAmerica

Mr. Kelleher was inducted into the Junior AchievementU.S. Business Hall of Fame in 2004.

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Kelleher ultimately stepped down as Chairman

on May 21, 2008

In 2003, Kelleher was awarded the Bower

Award for Business Leadership

In July, 2010 Kelleher was appointed Chair of

the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas board ofdirectors for 2011

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5 THINGS FROM HERB KELLEHER

People First- The business of business is

people.

Be humble. Work harder than anyone else and keep at it.

Goodwill is sometimes worth more than

winning. Continued learning.