Boeing

The Boeing Company

Type	Public
Traded as	NYSE: BA Dow Jones Component S&P 500 Component
Industry	Aerospace, defense
Predecessor(s)	Pacific Aero Products Company
When it was created	Seattle, Washington, United States (1916)
People who started it	William E. Boeing
Headquarters	Boeing International Headquarters Chicago, Illinois, United States
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	James McNerney (Chairman & CEO)
Things made	Commercial airliners Military aircraft Weapons Space systems Computer services
Money earned	US$ 68.735 billion (2011)
Operating income	US$ 5.891 billion (2010)
Profit	US$ 4.018 billion (2011)
Total assets	US$ 79.986 billion (2011)
Total equity	US$ 3.608 billion (2011)
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	Boeing.com

The Boeing Company (how to say: /ˈboʊ.ɪŋ/ BOH-ing) (NYSE: BA) 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 its main rival, McDonnell Douglas, in 1997. Boeing moved its headquarters from Seattle to Chicago, Illinois in 2001. 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.

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