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Wheels Up CEO and executives

Executive Summary. Based on our data team's research, Kenny Dichter is the Wheels Up's CEO. Wheels Up has 3,000 employees, of which 22 are in a leadership position.
Here are further demographic highlights of the leadership team:
  • The Wheels Up executive team is 23% female and 77% male.
  • 68% of the management team is White.
  • 8% of Wheels Up management is Hispanic or Latino.
  • 12% of the management team is Black or African American.
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Name & TitleBio
Kenny Dichter

CEO

Bill Allard

Founder

Justin Firestone

Board Member

Gary Spitalnik

Founder

Justin Walker

Co-Founder / Chief Partnerships Officer

Justin Walker's LinkedIn

I am a cross-functional strategist who contributes at companies of all sizes and stages. A strategist first, but ultimately a marketer and partnership builder.

Thomas W. Bergeson

Chief Operating Officer

Thomas W Bergeson is a Chief Operating Officer at Wheels Up.

Gene McKenna

Chief Product Officer

Gene McKenna's LinkedIn

Experienced product and growth marketing leader with over 15 years experience. Multiple successful start-ups, experience managing global product and engineering teams, driving user and top-line growth through multiple marketing channels. Highly creative, strategic, data driven.

Ken Napolitano

Chief Sales Officer

Ken Napolitano's LinkedIn

Until the fall of 2015, I was responsible for the global sales organization of Bloomberg Enterprise Solutions, a division of Bloomberg L.P. I was in that role for five years and executed on integrating two legacy sales teams into one of over 250 people including sales, pre-sales and client services.Prior to that, I managed global sales for Tradebook, an agency brokerage division of Bloomberg L.P.The sales team was over 100 people across thirteen offices around the world.In total, 17 years at Bloomberg, the last 11 as a Global Head of Sales.I earned my Masters in Business Administration from Cornell University and my undergraduate degree in Business Administration from Adelphi University.Outside of work, I enjoy traveling with my wife and three daughters as well as challenging myself physically as I attempt to stay fit.

Laura Brody Heltebran

Chief Legal Officer

Laura Brody Heltebran's LinkedIn

Proven Leader with broad international background in technology, digital, outsourcing, hospitality and franchising. Senior management and board of director experience. Skilled in Global Litigation, Corporate Governance, Compliance and Privacy, Strategic Negotiations, Management, Employment, Technology, Outsourcing, Franchise Law, Brand Management, Supply Chain, Vendor Management and Global Legal Operations.

Lee Gossett

EVP & Chief Flight Operations Officer

Lee Gossett's LinkedIn

Lee Gossett is an EVP & Chief Flight Operations Officer at Wheels Up and is based in Atlanta, Georgia. He has worked as Senior Vice President of Maintenance at Delta Private Jets.

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Wheels Up founders

Name & TitleBio
Kenny Dichter

CEO

Bill Allard

Founder

Justin Firestone

Board Member

Gary Spitalnik

Founder

Justin Walker

Co-Founder / Chief Partnerships Officer

Justin Walker's LinkedIn

I am a cross-functional strategist who contributes at companies of all sizes and stages. A strategist first, but ultimately a marketer and partnership builder.

Wheels Up board members

Name & TitleBio
Justin Firestone

Board Member

David Adelman

Board Member

Wheels Up leadership demographics

Wheels Up gender distribution in management team

  • The Wheels Up executive team is 23% female and 77% male.
  • Wheels Up is 33% female and 67% male company-wide.
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Male
77%
Company-wide: 67%
Female
Female
23%
Company-wide: 33%

Wheels Up executives by race

Management Team:
  • The most common ethnicity among Wheels Up executive officers is White.
  • 68% of the management team is White.
  • 12% of Wheels Up's management is Black or African American.
  • 9% of the management team is Asian.
Company-wide:
  • White is the most common ethnicity company-wide.
  • 54% of employees are White.
  • 17% of employees are Hispanic or Latino.
  • 16% of employees are Black or African American.
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