He was a problem solver, brilliant, a good listener, amiable, self-effacing, and willing to give credit to others. But some considered him to be indecisive and self-indulgent. As a chief executive officer he often seemed aloof and isolated.
Philip M. Condit was born in 1941.
Philip Condit was born on August 2nd, 1941.
Philip Condit was born in Berkeley, California in the United States.
Condit studied Japanese automobile manufacturers, trying to imitate the efficiency with which Toyota and others manufactured soundly designed vehicles.
Condit instead went looking for complementary matches to Boeing's core business of commercial aircraft.
In 1974 Condit won a fellowship to the Sloan School of Management at MIT, where he earned an MS in management in 1975.
Condit was criticized for being timid and having Stonecipher do most of the tough, unpleasant work of disciplining employees and setting standards of behavior that Condit himself should have been doing
In 1965 Condit received an MS in aeronautical engineering from Princeton University and accepted a job at Boeing in Seattle.
On January 25, 1963, Condit married Madeleine K. Bryant, but his relentless dedication to work soured this and his subsequent marriages.
In April 1996 Condit became chief executive officer (CEO), replacing Frank Shrontz.
Philip Condit, the former CEO of Boeing, was known for maintaining a modest and unassuming lifestyle. He was focused on his work and was not known for extravagant displays of wealth or luxury. Condit was dedicated to his job and preferred to keep a low profile in his personal life.
Osterland, Andrew, "Philip M. Condit of the Boeing Company," Financial World, April 15, 1997, pp. 66-71.