Jim Whitehurst

James Moon Whitehurst (born October 13, 1967) is an American business executive. He has been interim chief executive officer and president of Unity Technologies since October 2023. 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.

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

Early life Whitehurst was born in Georgia He graduated from Rice University in Houston, Texas, in 1989 with a bachelor's degree in computer science and economics. and received an MBA from Harvard Business School. where he was senior vice president, and later chief network and planning officer. later in January 2020 it was announced that Whitehurst will be appointed president of IBM on 6 April. In July 2021, Whitehurst announced his resignation from IBM.

In December 2021, he joined the board of directors at cybersecurity and systems management company Tanium as an independent director. In October 2023, he became interim CEO of Unity Technologies. As of 2023, he is also an advisor at the private equity firm Silver Lake.