Henri Ziegler

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Henri Ziegler
Born	(1906-11-18)18 November 1906 Limoges, France
Died	24 July 1998(1998-07-24) (aged 91) Paris, France
Education	École Polytechnique, Supaéro
Occupation	Founder of Airbus

Henri Ziegler CVO, CBE (18 November 1906 in Limoges – 24 July 1998, in Paris) was one of the founders of Airbus and its first president.

An engineer, he was a graduate of the École Polytechnique and of "Sup'Aéro" (the national aerospace engineering school) as well as a French air force officer and test pilot. he was a founding father of Airbus Industrie, along with Roger Béteille and Felix Kracht, and was appointed as the first chief executive officer of Airbus Industrie. He was the driving force behind the development of the Airbus A300B, the original aircraft that started Airbus on its road to global success, by obtaining French government backing for the programme in 1969.