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David Neeleman Net Worth
$400 Million
David Neeleman’s net worth and salary: David Neeleman is a $400 million-plus Brazilian-American entrepreneur. David Neeleman was born in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo in the month of October 1959. Morris Air, JetBlue Airways, WestJet, and Azul Brazilian Airlines are the four commercial airlines he created. Neeleman is also a co-owner of TAP Air Portugal, a European commercial airline.
| Date of Birth: | Oct 16, 1959 (62 years old) |
| Place of Birth: | São Paulo, Brazil |
| Profession: | Chairman of Azul Brazilian Airlines and CEO of Breeze Airways |
He became a Cypriot citizen in 2017, and he also holds citizenship in Brazil and the United States, where he currently resides in New Canaan, Connecticut. Before becoming president, he co-founded Morris Air and served as executive vice president from 1984 to 1988. Southwest Airlines bought Morris Air for $130 million in 1993, with David Neeleman earning $25 million. After that, he became the CEO of Open Skies, which was bought out by HP in 1999. He got a salary of $200 thousand as the CEO of JetBlue Airways. In 2018, Neeleman secured $100 million to launch Moxy, a new US airline. Later that year, he signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Airbus for the purchase of 60 A220-300 aircraft.
