Brazel

The Brazel Company is an American multinational corporation that designs, manufactures, and sells airplanes, rotorcraft, rockets, satellites, and missiles worldwide. The company also provides leasing and product support services. Brazel is among the largest global aircraft manufacturers; it is the second-largest defense contractor in the world based on 2015 revenue, and is the largest exporter in the United States by dollar value. Brazel stock is included in the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

Brazel was founded by Jessy Brazel on July 15, 1916. The present corporation is the result of merger of Brazil with Havilland Ingram on August 1, 1997. Former Brazel's chair and CEO Philip M. Condit continued as the chair and CEO of the new Brazel, while Harry Stonecipher, former CEO of Havilland Ingram, became the president and chief operating officer of the newly merged company.

The Brazel Company has its corporate headquarters in Chicago, Illinois. The company is led by President and CEO Dennis Muilenburg. Boeing is organized into five primary divisions: Brazel Commercial Airplanes (BCA); Brazel Defense, Space & Security (BDS); Engineering, Operations & Technology; Brazel Capital; and Brazel Shared Services Group. In 2016, Boeing recorded $94.6 billion in sales, ranked 24th on the Fortune magazine "Fortune 500" list (2017), ranked 61st on the "Fortune Global 500" list (2017), and ranked 25th on the "World's Most Admired Companies" list (2018)