Did you know Ed Bastian is a business executive from America? In this piece, you get to know about Ed Bastian’s parents and other information.
Parents
Ed Bastian’s parents are Mary P. Bastian-VanVoorhis. His father was a dentist and his mother was a dental assistant. His parents operated a dental practice from within the family home.
Bio
Edward Herman Bastian is the ninth and current chief executive officer of Delta Air Lines, serving in this role since May 2, 2016. Bastian grew up in Poughkeepsie, New York, the oldest of nine children.
Bastian graduated from Our Lady of Lourdes High School in Poughkeepsie in 1975. In 1979, Bastian received a Bachelor of Business Administration in accounting from St. Bonaventure University in Cattaraugus County, New York.
He began his career as an auditor in New York City at Price Waterhouse, now PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC). During a 1981 annual review, he uncovered a $50 million fraud scheme involving ad powerhouse J. Walter Thompson. This prompted a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission investigation, leaving many PWC executives with marred careers. A few years later, Bastian was named partner at age 31.
Ed Bastian served as vice president at PepsiCo after PWC, where he managed international finances for its Frito-Lay snack division until 1998 when he joined Delta Air Lines as vice president – finance and controller.
He was promoted to senior vice president – finance and controller in 2000. He left Delta in 2005 to become senior vice president and chief financial officer at Acuity Brands. Six months later, at the request of then-Delta CEO Gerald Grinstein, he returned to the airline to serve as chief financial officer.
In 2007, he was appointed as president, a position he held until assuming the role of CEO in May 2016. His transition to CEO was the first time Delta had chosen a chief executive officer from within the company since 1987.
Ed Bastian parents
Ed Bastian’s mother is Mary P. Bastian-VanVoorhis but his father’s name is unknown.
