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David Neeleman (David Gary Neeleman) was born on 16 October, 1959 in São Paulo, Brazil, is an American aviation entrepreneur. Discover David Neeleman's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 64 years old?

Popular As David Gary Neeleman
Occupation Chairman of Azul Brazilian Airlines CEO of Breeze Airways
Age 64 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 16 October, 1959
Birthday 16 October
Birthplace São Paulo, Brazil
Nationality Brazil

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Who Is David Neeleman's Wife?

His wife is Eva Neeleman (unknown marriage date; 2020–present) Ali D. Denham (divorced 2020) Vicki Vranes (m. 1980-2013)

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Wife Eva Neeleman (unknown marriage date; 2020–present) Ali D. Denham (divorced 2020) Vicki Vranes (m. 1980-2013)
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Children 10

David Neeleman Net Worth

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Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
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Source of Income Chairman

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1959

David Gary Neeleman (born October 16, 1959) is a Brazilian-American businessman.

He has founded five commercial airlines: Morris Air, WestJet, JetBlue Airways, Azul Brazilian Airlines, and Breeze Airways.

Along with Humberto Pedrosa and Aigle Azur, he owned 45% of TAP Air Portugal.

1984

He co-founded (with June Morris) Morris Air, a low-fare charter airline, and from 1984 to 1988, he was the executive vice president of the company.

1988

In 1988, Neeleman assumed the helm of Morris Air as its president.

1993

In 1993, when Morris Air was acquired by Southwest Airlines for $130 million (Neeleman received $25 million from the sale), he worked for five months on their Executive Planning Committee.

1998

JetBlue was incorporated in Delaware in August 1998 and officially founded in February 1999, under the name "NewAir" by Neeleman.

1999

After leaving Southwest, Neeleman became the CEO of Open Skies, a touch screen reservation and check-in systems company, later acquired by HP in 1999.

At the same time, he helped with another upstart airline, WestJet.

2002

As the CEO of JetBlue Airways, his 2002 salary was $200,000 with a bonus of $90,000.

Neeleman donated his entire salary to the JetBlue Crewmember Crisis Fund, which was established for JetBlue employees who had fallen on hard times.

2005

Neeleman was the 2005 recipient of the Tony Jannus Award for his contributions in the commercial aviation industry.

He speaks fluent Portuguese and holds citizenships of Brazil, U.S. and Cyprus.

2007

On May 10, 2007, Neeleman was replaced by David Barger as CEO of JetBlue and, on May 21, 2008, he was replaced as chairman of the board by Joel Peterson.

2008

On March 27, 2008, Neeleman officially announced plans to launch a new airline, Azul (Portuguese for "blue"), a domestic carrier in Brazil.

2013

Azul completed 2013 with over 5 Billion (BRL) in sales and is currently Brazil's largest airline.

On October 30, 2013, Neeleman and his youngest brother, Mark James Neeleman, a co-founder of Azul, announced the launch of a new company, Vigzul, a home security and monitoring company.

Vigzul came from an idea of Mark Neeleman and was founded by David Allred, Brett Chambers and Neeleman serves as chairman of the board and principal investor.

2015

In June 2015, the Portuguese Government decided to sell the TAP Air Portugal Group, owner of the national air carrier, TAP Air Portugal, to the Gateway consortium with David Neeleman in partnership with Humberto Pedrosa who take control of 61% of the capital of the Portuguese carrier.

TAP Air Portugal will maintain the country as the airline's main hub for a minimum of 30 years.

2017

In 2017 he became a citizen of Cyprus.

Neeleman was born in São Paulo, Brazil, and raised in Sandy, Utah.

He lived in Brazil until he was five.

His grandfather John Neeleman was born in Utah to Dutch immigrants and owned nine convenience stores.

2018

In June 2018, he announced plans for a new US airline called Breeze Airways for which he raised $100m capital.

On July 17, 2018, Breeze Airways signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Airbus for 60 A220-300 aircraft to be delivered beginning in 2021.

2020

In July 2020 the Portuguese state increased its stake to 72,5 %.

It acquired this stake from Atlantic Gateway Consortium, which now holds 22.5%.

In 2020, it was revealed that John Ioannidis had not disclosed that Neeleman had funded his estimation of the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in Santa Clara County, California.

Ioannidis' results were much lower than official data, thus creating a conflict of interest.

Neeleman, a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, served a two-year mission in Brazil when he was 19.

He has been diagnosed with ADHD.

He is the father of 10 children with his former wife, Vicki Vranes.

The couple has since divorced.

Neeleman divorced Ali D. Denham in 2020.

Neeleman has remarried Eva Neeleman.

His brother, Dr. Stephen Neeleman, MD, a general and trauma surgeon, was one of the founders of the American health care company HealthEquity, while his nephew is New York Jets quarterback Zach Wilson.

His son, Daniel Neeleman, and daughter-in-law Hannah Neeleman run the social media account Ballerina Farm.