John Owen (Angel Investor and Co-Founder of JetBlue)

Jun 26, 2018, 10:30 PM – Jun 27, 2018, 1:00 AM

John is a full time angel investor with specific areas of interest in clean energy, medical devices and travel. Prior to his second career in angel investing, John spent over 25 years in the low-cost airline business, including as VP of Operations Planning and Analysis at Southwest Airlines, and founding EVP and CFO of JetBlue Airways He managed the company’s successful IPO in 2002.

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About this event

John is a full time angel investor and also a member of Golden Seeds, New York Angels and the Angel Investor Forum. His specific areas of angel investing interest are clean energy, medical devices and travel. 

Prior to his second career in angel investing, John spent over 25 years in the low cost airline business. He served as Treasurer and later VP of Operations Planning and Analysis at Southwest Airlines. His experience there included extensive negotiation of aircraft financing and aircraft acquisition contracts, including the launch contract for the next generation 737-700. He was founding EVP and CFO of JetBlue Airways, where, in addition to responsibility for aircraft acquisitions and the finance function, he later added oversight of IT and Supply Chain. He managed the company’s successful IPO in 2002 and negotiated the launch contract for the EMBRAER 190.

After departing JetBlue, he served as CFO of Volotea, a Barcelona-based low cost airline, during its formative years, working in a small team to refine the business plan and financial model, select the appropriate aircraft, negotiate the aircraft leases and successfully raise 65 million Euros of equity financing. The airline commenced operations in April 2012.

John holds a BA in Economics from SMU, summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, and an MBA in Finance from the Wharton School where he was a Mayer Fellow.

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Speaker

  • John Owen

    Angel Investor

When

When

June 26 – 27, 2018
10:30 PM – 1:00 AM UTC

Agenda

10:30 PMNetworking and Food
11:00 PMFireside Chat with John Owen
12:00 AMMore Networking and After Party

Host

  • Peter Crysdale

    Minerva

    SVP, Hard Problems

Organizers

  • Joshua Ness

    IEEE

    Director, Startup Grind NYC

  • Tova Feldheim

    Datum

    Cofounder

  • Adrian Plesca

    GRAI

    CEO

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