Gary Kelly selected as DBJ’s CEO of the Year
Dallas Business Journal Executive of the Year
Dallas Business Journal - by Candace Carlisle , Staff Writer
Date: Friday, January 7, 2011, 5:00am CST
When Gary Kelly first walked through the doors at Southwest Airlines Co. and down the long corridor of the now-demolished east terminal of Dallas Love Field Airport that housed the airline’s operations, he wasn’t impressed.
The terminal was perpetually being remodeled and plastic-sheet walls were the norm.
“I had to fight my way through the plastic; it made me wonder what kind of operation they were running,” Kelly said, chuckling.
He didn’t wonder long. When the vice president of finance offered him a controller position with the airline, he jumped at the opportunity.
More than 23 years later, Kelly, 55, ...
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