RICHARD ANDERSON
Title: CEO, Delta Air Lines
Hometown: Galveston, Texas
Age: 53
Family: Wife, Susan, one son and one daughter, both college students.
Homes: Atlanta and Minneapolis.
Education: Bachelor's degree, University of Houston; law degree, South Texas College of Law.
Airline career: Continental Airlines, 1987 to 1990; Northwest Airlines, 1990 to 2004, was CEO from 2001 to 2004; Delta Air Lines, joined board in May 2007, became CEO in September 2007.
Corporate boards: Minnesota-based Cargill and Medtronic.