Tom Gentile: Global CEO Running Companies with Thousands of Employees | Built For More Podcast #207
Tom Gentile has been an Executive leading large multinational companies (15000+ employees and $3B+ AUM) for the past 20 ...
Chief Executive Officer, President & Chairman, HEXCEL CORP
Search every verified Thomas Gentile interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Thomas Gentile, CEO, President, and Chairman of Hexcel, discussed the company's first-quarter 2026 performance on an earnings call, noting that Q1 was its best quarter on the Boeing 737 MAX in years, with production around 40 aircraft per month. He stated that Hexcel's forecast for the MAX in 2026 was in the mid-400s and that Boeing appeared likely to exceed that figure. Gentile also attributed improved margins to operational discipline, lower-cost inventory built the prior year, and favorable inventory sell timing, while acknowledging that the company was mitigating cost increases but not fully offsetting them. In a podcast interview, Gentile emphasized the alignment between the industrial base and national security, describing manufacturing jobs as "noble jobs" that are important in times of crisis. He expressed encouragement about the Trump administration's focus on rebuilding the manufacturing and defense industrial base, while noting that such efforts take time. In other appearances, Gentile reflected on his prior role at GE Capital, describing the decision to sell off the business after determining it could not meet Federal Reserve requirements to become a systemically important financial institution, and recounted Spirit AeroSystems' response to the 737 MAX grounding, including plans to lay off 5,000 people.
Tom Gentile has been an Executive leading large multinational companies (15000+ employees and $3B+ AUM) for the past 20 ...
04/23/2026 Q&A: 20:38 Hexcel Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets advanced lightweight composites technology. It operates through two segments, Composite Materials and Engineered Products. The company offers carbon fiber, reinforcements, prepregs and other fiber-reinforced matrix materials, honeycomb, resins, engineered core and composite structures for use in commercial aerospace, defense and space, and industrial applications. The Composite Materials segment manufactures and markets carbon fibers, fabrics, multi-axials, specialty reinforcements, prepregs and other fiber-reinforced…
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Tom Gentile has been an Executive leading large multinational companies (15,000+ employees and $3B+ AUM) for the past 20 years. Including being the former CEO of Spirit Aerosystems, President of GE Capital, and VP of CBS. He is the former Chair of the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) and serves on the Advisory Board to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Tom has a degree in economics from Harvard University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. And he studied international relations at the London School of Economics. If you enjoyed this episode please share it with a fr…
Jasmeet Singh, EVP and Global Head, Manufacturing in conversation with Tom Gentile, President and CEO, Spirit AeroSystems, Inc. about the partnership so far and the journey ahead.
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