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NetJets, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, offers fractional ownership and rental of private business jets.〔Hermann Simon mentioned this company in his correspondent Book as an example of a "Hidden Champion" (Simon, Hermann: Hidden Champions of the 21st Century : Success Strategies of unknown World Market Leaders. London: Springer, 2009.- ISBN 978-0-387-98147-5. P. 13)〕 Formerly called Executive Jet Aviation, NetJets Inc. was founded in 1964. It was the first private business jet charter and aircraft management company in the world. NetJets sells part ownership or shares (called fractional ownership) in aircraft, this gives the fractional owner a share in the use of the aircraft. ==History== NetJets Inc., formerly ''Executive Jet Aviation,'' was founded in 1964 as the first private business jet charter and aircraft management company in the world. The founding members of the board of directors of ''Executive Jet Aviation Corporation'' (EJA) included Air Force generals Curtis E. LeMay and Paul Tibbetts, Washington lawyer and former military pilot Bruce Sundlun, and entertainers James Stewart and Arthur Godfrey among others, with retired Air Force Brigadier General Olbert F. ("Dick") Lassiter as president and chairman of the board.〔p. 58 in: U.S. Congress, House Committee on Banking and Currency. (1972). The Penn Central Failure and the Role of Financial Institutions. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 336pp.〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title= Homage to Dick Lassiter )〕 EJA initially began operations in 1964 with a fleet of ten Learjet 23 aircraft.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title= Netjets History )〕 Bruce Sundlun became EJA president in 1970, and Paul Tibbets became president in 1976.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title= Paul Tibbets: A Rendezvous with History by Di Freeze )〕 By the late 1970s, EJA was doing business with approximately 250 contract flying customers and logging more than three million miles per year. Executive Jet Aviation Corporation was purchased in 1984 by former Goldman Sachs executive Richard Santulli and he became chairman and CEO of the corporation. In 1986 the NetJets program was created by Santulli as the first fractional aircraft ownership program. In 1998, after being a NetJets customer for three years, Warren Buffett, Chairman & CEO of the Berkshire Hathaway company, acquired NetJets Inc.〔 In early August 2009 Santulli resigned as CEO and was replaced by David Sokol.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title= Cuts at NetJets delay expansion plans in Ohio )〕 NetJets Inc. has moved its corporate headquarters from New Jersey back to its original home in Columbus, Ohio, following the departure of the company's founder, Richard Santulli.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title= Netjets History )〕 On March 30, 2011, Sokol resigned unexpectedly and was replaced with then-President Jordan Hansell. In September 2014, NetJets acquired approval to launch its aircraft charter service in China, having worked with Chinese authorities since 2012 to secure the operating certificate. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「NetJets」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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