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The Boeing Company

Company type	Public
Traded as	NYSE: BA Dow Jones Component S&P 500 Component
Industry	Aerospace, defense
Predecessor	Pacific Aero Products Company
Founded	Seattle, Washington, United States (1916)
Founder	William E. Boeing
Headquarters	Boeing International Headquarters Chicago, Illinois , United States
Area served	Worldwide
Products	Commercial airliners Military aircraft Weapons Space systems Computer services
Revenue	US$ 68.735 billion (2011)[1]
Operating income	US$ 5.891 billion (2010)[1]
Net income	US$ 4.018 billion (2011)[1]
Total assets	US$ 79.986 billion (2011)[1]
Total equity	US$ 3.608 billion (2011)[1]
Number of employees	174,225 (June 28, 2012)
Subsidiaries	Aviall, Inc. CDG Jeppesen Boeing Aircraft Holding Company Boeing Australia Boeing Canada Boeing Defence UK Boeing Store Narus Spectrolab
Website	www.boeing.com

The Boeing Company (pronounced /ˈboʊ.ɪŋ/ BOH-ing) (NYSE: BA Archived 2013-09-17 at the Wayback Machine) is an American company which makes aircraft and defense items. The company was started in 1916 by William E. Boeing in Seattle, Washington.

Boeing has grown to become very big. It bought it's main rival, McDonnell Douglas, in 1997. Boeing moved it's headquarters from Seattle to Chicago, Illinois in 2001.^[2]

Boeing is made up of many smaller parts. These parts are called divisions. The divisions are Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA); Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS); Engineering, Operations & Technology; Boeing Capital; and Boeing Shared Services Group.

Boeing is one of the biggest aircraft manufacturers in the world. It is the second-biggest defense contractor in the world as of 2011.^[3]

The CEO is (as of the middle of April 2024) David Calhoun.^[4]

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