Jeffery A. Smisek currently serves as President of Flight Partners Capital, an investment firm he founded which invests in early stage companies. Mr. Smisek worked for twenty years in the airline business, serving as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of United Airlines Holdings Inc. during the final five years of his career in that business. He also held various roles at Continental Airlines, Inc. beginning in 1995, last serving as President and Chief Executive Officer until the company’s merger with United Airlines, Inc. Earlier in his career, Mr. Smisek was a partner at Vinson & Elkins L.L.P., a national law firm.
Mr. Smisek currently serves on the boards of directors of various private companies and on the board of Goose Capital, an investment firm where he previously served as Chairman and President. Mr. Smisek has an A.B. from Princeton University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.