Home People Herb Kelleher Herb Kelleher Herbert "Herb" David Kelleher (born March 12, 1931) is the co-founder, Chairman Emeritus, and former CEO of Southwest Airlines (based in the United States). Personal facts Birth dateMarch 12, 1931 EducationWesleyan UniversityNew York University Known forSouthwest Airlines facebook tumblr linkedin twitter reddit google+ Search Herb Kelleher on Wikipedia Herb Kelleher External resources http://www.amazon.com/dp/0767901843 http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/dec2003/nf20031222_1926_db062.htm http://www.forbes.com/global/2001/0108/119.html http://www.leadernetwork.org/herb_kelleher_september_07.htm http://www.pbs.org/kcet/chasingthesun/innovators/hkelleher.html