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Glen Tilton

Glenn F. Tilton

UAL Corp and United Airlines, Chairman, President and CEO

Chairman, President and CEO Glenn F. Tilton is chairman, president and chief executive officer of UAL Corporation and United Airlines, its principal subsidiary company. He is based at the company's worldwide headquarters in suburban Chicago. United Airlines and United Express operate about 3,400 daily scheduled flights on a route network that spans the globe and employs nearly 62,000 men and women. Prior to joining United in September 2002, he was vice chairman of the board of directors of ChevronTexaco, as well as interim chairman of Dynegy Inc. Previously, he served as chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Texaco Inc., a position he assumed in February 2001. Tilton, 56, joined Texaco Inc. in 1970 and served in various marketing, corporate planning and European downstream assignments of increasing responsibility. In 1989, while serving as president of U.S. refining and marketing, he was appointed vice president of Texaco Inc. He became chairman of Texaco Ltd. in 1991 and president of Texaco Europe in 1992. In January 1995, he was appointed president of Texaco USA and, later that year, a senior vice president of Texaco Inc. In January 1997, he became president of Texaco's Global Business Unit. Tilton serves on the boards of directors of the Air Transport Association and Lincoln National Corp., and on the board and the executive committee of the British American Chamber of Commerce. He is a member of the United States Energy Association, The Conference Board and the U.S. Travel & Tourism Promotion Advisory Board. He is also a managing director of the Metropolitan Opera Association.