Benjamin J. Murray

Benjamin Murray, Skyservice’s president & chief executive officer, is a recognized thought leader and business aviation visionary with a track record of creating market-leading companies. Prior to becoming the CEO and an investment partner at Skyservice in 2020, Murray spent more than a decade at NetJets (a Berkshire Hathaway company), where he held the president & chief operating officer position and also served as president & chief executive officer of Executive Jet Management, a fully owned subsidiary of NetJets. In that position, he doubled the company’s profitability by enhancing the breadth and quality of its aircraft management, charter, and MRO services and strengthening its market position. Murray also served as president for Landmark Aviation (a Carlyle-owned company), where he built the company into the second-largest FBO, MRO and aircraft management company in the United States before positioning it for a $2B sale to BBA Aviation (Signature Flight Support) in 2016. Most recently, Murray was founder and managing member of Earth Air, LLC, a corporate aviation consulting company serving the aviation and mobility needs of international blue-chip clients. Murray serves as a current board member at the men’s club with Our Lady of Perpetual Health in Chicago. Previously, he served on the boards of the International Aircraft Dealers Association (IADA), Lithko Contracting and Young Presidents Organization. Prior to his aviation career, Murray was a professional baseball player. He was drafted into major league baseball by the Pittsburgh Pirates and earned a gold medal playing for the U.S. Olympic Festival baseball team.