Guillaume Faury

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- Company/AffiliationAirbus
- TitleCEO
- Country/TerritoryNetherlands
- Years on ListNew in 2025
Guillaume Faury is CEO of one of the two biggest commercial passenger airplane makers. He drove the company’s move into digital innovation and hydrogen-powered aircraft, and modernized Airbus manufacturing with advanced robotics and automation. He is the president of major European industry associations, a perch from which he influences European defense, space, and commercial aviation policy.