
Boeing [BA] on Tuesday named its number two executive Dennis Muilenburg to be the company’s new CEO effective July 1, succeeding Jim McNerney who is retiring from Boeing next February after leading the aerospace giant for the past decade.Muilenburg, 51, will be president and CEO and be a member of Boeing’s board, which will continue to be chaired by McNerney, 65. Muilenburg has been president, chief operating officer (COO), and vice chairman of Boeing since December 2013, a move that…