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Wheels Up Appoints New CEO
Delta board member George Mattson will join Wheels Up as CEO in October
George Mattson CEO Wheels Up

Wheels Up today appointed George Mattson as CEO. He is a board member of Delta Air Lines, the current lead investor and chairman of seaplane operator Tropic Oceans Airways, and a former partner at the investment banking firm of Goldman Sachs, where he was responsible for oversight of transportation and airline practices.

Mattson is expected to join the company in October and will be based in Atlanta, the location of Wheels Up’s new operations center. Acting CEO and CFO Todd Smith will remain with the company. Smith was appointed acting CEO in May after founder and CEO Kenny Dichter stepped down. Dichter remains on the company’s board.

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