Leanne Caret

MPW 2017—Leanne Caret
MSF16-0025 Leanne Caret BDS (Boeing Defense, Space and Security) CEO speaks to Executive Leadership Managers at BLC June 6, 2016 RMS 301218Courtesy of Boeing
  • Title
    President and CEO of Defense, Space & Security
  • Affiliation
    Boeing
  • Age
    50

Promoted to head Boeing’s $29.5-billion-in-revenue Defense, Space & Security division in 2016, Caret is following the same path as the airplane maker’s current CEO, Dennis Muilenburg. Though her unit’s revenue has shrunk—in part because of a slowdown in big-ticket orders from its largest customer, the U.S. Department of Defense—its operating profits grew 15% in the first half of 2017. The recent earnings boost has helped make Boeing the best-performing stock in the Dow Jones industrial average this year.

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Profits ($M)4,895
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