Jim Whitehurst

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Jim Whitehurst
Whitehurst in 2019
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Rice University (BS) London School of Economics Harvard Business School (MBA)
Title	Interim CEO, Unity Technologies President, IBM

Jim Whitehurst is an American business executive. He has been interim chief executive officer and president of Unity Technologies since October 2023.^[1][2] He was previously the president at IBM, chair of the board and chief executive officer at Red Hat, and chief operating officer at Delta Air Lines. Prior to working at Delta in 2001, he was vice president and director of the Boston Consulting Group and held various management roles at its Chicago, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Atlanta offices.

During his time at Delta between 2005 and 2007, Whitehurst oversaw the company's recovery from bankruptcy and its struggle against US Airways in 2006, who had repeatedly proposed mergers to the company.^[3]

In 2013, North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory appointed Whitehurst as a member and vice-chairman of the North Carolina Economic Development Board.^[4][5] In 2014, Whitehurst was selected as the recipient of the NC State Park Scholarships program's William C. Friday Award.^{[citation needed]}