Boeing vs Twilio: Founders, CEOs and History

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Founders

CEOs and their tenures

Timeline: Boeing and Twilio side by side

1. 1916Boeing

   Pacific Aero Products Company Incorporated

   William Boeing incorporates Pacific Aero Products Co. on July 15, 1916 in Seattle, a month after the B&W seaplane he built with George Conrad Westervelt first flew from Lake Union on June 15.

2. 1917Boeing

   Renamed The Boeing Airplane Company; First Military Contract

   The company is renamed The Boeing Airplane Company in April 1917 following co-founder George Westervelt's return to active Navy duty, and secures its first meaningful military contract when the U.S. Navy orders the improved Model C floatplane.

3. 1927Boeing

   Boeing Air Transport Wins San Francisco-Chicago Airmail Route

   Boeing forms Boeing Air Transport and wins the U.S. Post Office airmail contract for the San Francisco to Chicago route, the most commercially valuable domestic airmail route, initiating Boeing's involvement in commercial aviation beyond manufacturing.

4. 1933Boeing

   Boeing 247 Introduced as the First Modern Airliner

   Boeing introduces the Model 247, widely recognized as the world's first modern commercial airliner, featuring all-metal construction, retractable landing gear, a cantilevered wing, and variable-pitch propellers.

5. 1954Boeing

   Dash 80 Jet Prototype First Flies

   The 367-80, or Dash 80, first flies on July 15, 1954, the company's 38th anniversary. Funded with about $16 million of Boeing's own money, it leads to the KC-135 tanker for the Air Force and the 707 airliner, which enters service with Pan Am in 1958.

6. 1969Boeing

   Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet Makes First Flight

   The 747, the first wide-body jetliner, first flies on February 9, 1969 and enters service with Pan Am in January 1970.

7. 1994Boeing

   Boeing 777 First Flight

   The Boeing 777, the world's largest twin-engine commercial aircraft and the first airliner designed entirely using computer-aided design tools without physical mock-ups, makes its inaugural flight on June 12, 1994.

8. 1997Boeing

   Boeing Merges with McDonnell Douglas

   Boeing completes its $13.3 billion acquisition of McDonnell Douglas, creating a single dominant American aerospace and defense company and ending more than two decades of three-way commercial aircraft competition.

9. 2008Twilio

   Company Founded

   Jeff Lawson, Evan Cooke, and John Wolthuis founded Twilio and launched its first voice API for developers.

10. 2009Boeing

    Boeing 787 Dreamliner First Flight

    The Boeing 787 Dreamliner, the first commercial aircraft built primarily from carbon-fiber composite materials, makes its first flight on December 15, 2009 more than two years behind its original 2007 schedule following extensive supply chain difficulties with…

11. 2010Twilio

    SMS API Launched

    Twilio added programmable SMS, which became its largest product line.

12. 2015Twilio

    Authy Acquired

    Twilio acquired the two-factor authentication company Authy in 2015.

13. 2016Twilio

    NYSE IPO

    Twilio listed on the NYSE under the ticker TWLO in June 2016, pricing shares at $15.

14. 2019Boeing

    737 MAX Grounded Worldwide Following Two Fatal Crashes

    After the Lion Air Flight 610 crash in October 2018 and the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crash in March 2019, which killed 346 people, regulators ground the 737 MAX worldwide.

15. 2019Twilio

    SendGrid Acquisition

    Twilio completed its all-stock acquisition of email platform SendGrid, announced at about $2 billion.

16. 2020Twilio

    Segment Acquisition

    Twilio acquired customer data platform Segment for about $3.2 billion, its largest deal.

17. 2021Twilio

    Revenue Passes $2.8 Billion

    Twilio reported FY2021 revenue of $2.842 billion, up 61% year over year, with a net loss of $949.9 million.

18. 2022Boeing

    Boeing Relocates Corporate Headquarters to Arlington, Virginia

    Boeing formally moves its corporate headquarters from Chicago, Illinois, to Arlington, Virginia, placing its senior executive team adjacent to the Pentagon and within close proximity to Congress and the regulatory agencies that govern both its defense and comm…

19. 2023Twilio

    Restructuring

    Twilio cut about 17% of its workforce in February 2023 and made further reductions later in the year as it shifted toward profitability.

20. 2024Boeing

    Door-Plug Blowout, Machinists Strike, and Leadership Transition

    Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 experiences a door-plug blowout at 16,000 feet on January 5, triggering a FAA production cap on 737 MAX and a congressional investigation into Boeing's quality management.

21. 2024Twilio

    CEO Transition

    Co-founder Jeff Lawson stepped down as CEO in January 2024 and Khozema Shipchandler succeeded him.

22. 2025Boeing

    F-47 Win, Strike in St. Louis, Spirit Buyback and a Return to Profit

    The Air Force selects Boeing's F-47 as its sixth-generation fighter in March. Boeing sells Jeppesen and other digital units to Thoma Bravo for $10.55 billion, the FAA raises the 737 cap to 42 a month in October, a 102-day strike at St.

23. 2025Twilio

    First Full-Year GAAP Profit and Stytch Deal

    Twilio reported FY2025 revenue of $5.067 billion and net income of $33.8 million, and completed its acquisition of identity platform Stytch on November 14, 2025.

24. 2026Boeing

    737-7 Certified, F/A-XX Win and a 737-10 Setback

    Backlog reaches a record $715 billion at June 30. The FAA certifies the 737-7 on August 3, then on September 28 holds 737-10 certification over a flight-management software issue. On September 29 the Navy selects Boeing to build the F/A-XX fighter.

25. 2026Twilio

    Growth Re-accelerates

    Twilio reported Q2 2026 revenue of $1.50 billion, up 22%, and raised its 2026 revenue growth outlook to 18%-18.5%.

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