Steven G Rothmeier

Former CEO, Northwest Airlines

No-nonsense executive who remade Northwest Airlines in the 1980s only to lose control of the company to a debt-fueled buyout. Rothmeier, 67, had suffered from Lewy body disease, a type of progressive dementia, and Parkinson’s disease, which he’d struggled with for several years, said his brother Michael. Jay Rothmeier, a brother and business partner, confirmed the death. Rothmeier joined Northwest in 1973 after a stint at General Mills. He was a decorated infantry officer in Vietnam and earned an MBA from the University of Chicago. In 1985, at age 38, Rothmeier was named Northwest’s CEO. The oldest of three sons, Rothmeier came home from the University of Notre Dame to run and sell the family propane business in Faribault after his father was killed in a car crash. Rothmeier later returned to graduate from Notre Dame. After leaving NWA, Rothmeier started a St. Paul investment firm, Great Northern Capital. Chairman and CEO -- Great Northern Capital (private investment management, consulting and merchant banking firm) since March 1993. * Director of Precision Castparts Inc. and Arvin Meritor, Inc.

Relationships Interlocks Giving Data

Board Memberships

Precision Castparts Corp. Major military, aviation contractor

• Director ('94→?)

Meritor, Inc. Automotive supplier

• Director (past)

Waste Management, Inc. Has the largest trucking fleet in the garbage industry

• Director (past)

Federal Election Campaign Contributions

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George W Bush 43rd US president, ex-governor of Texas, son of George H W Bush

• 6 contributions · 3,500 USD ('99→'04)

Rod Grams US Representative and Senator from Minnesota

• 6 contributions · 2,900 USD ('92→'99)

Rudy Boschwitz Republian Senator and businessman for Minnesota

• 5 contributions · 2,500 USD ('89→'96)

John P. Kline, Jr. Republican US Representative from Minnesota

• 4 contributions · 2,000 USD ('02→'04)

Vin Weber Lobbyist, former US Representative from Minnesota

• 3 contributions · 2,000 USD ('89→'90)

Republican National Committee U.S. political committee that leads the Republican Party of the U.S., a/k/a The Grand Ol' Party/GOP

• 2 contributions · 1,500 USD ('04→'12)

John Thune US Senator from South Dakota (2005-present); former US Representative (1997-2003)

• 2 contributions · 1,500 USD ('04)

Norm Coleman Lobbyist at Hogan Lovells; Former US Senator from Minnesota

• 2 contributions · 1,400 USD ('01→'02)

Citizens Club for Growth Inc PAC

• 2 contributions · 1,250 USD ('03→'04)

South Dakota Republican Party

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD ('04)

Family

Michael Rothmeier Chief Operating Officer, webBASIS, Inc.

• brother

Jay Rothmeier ‎Financial Advisor at Morgan Stanley Wealth Management

• brother

Schools

University of Chicago Booth School of Business

• MBA

University of Notre Dame Private Catholic Research University in Notre Dame, Indiana

• Bachelor's Degree

Updated about 9 years ago

Types	Person, Business Person
Gender	Male
Birthday	1946
Date of death	May 2014

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