Boeing CEO stepping down claim

Boeing’s chief executive is not stepping down now. Kelly Ortberg is still Boeing’s president and chief executive officer, and the company listed him in that role in its April 22, 2026 earnings release. (boeing.com) (investors.boeing.com) The CEO who did step down was Dave Calhoun, and that happened more than two years ago. Boeing said on March 25, 2024 that Calhoun would leave at the end of 2024 as part of a broader board and management overhaul. (investors.boeing.com) That March 2024 shake-up also included Commercial Airplanes chief Stan Deal retiring immediately and board chair Larry Kellner declining to stand for re-election. Steve Mollenkopf was named incoming chair, and Stephanie Pope took over Boeing Commercial Airplanes. (investors.boeing.com) Ortberg took over in August 2024 after more than three decades at Rockwell Collins and Collins Aerospace. Boeing’s executive biography says he has remained in the post since then and is based in Seattle. (boeing.com) The confusion in the video appears to mix an old leadership story with a newer trade story. Boeing’s April 22, 2026 results still carried Ortberg’s statement as chief executive and reported first-quarter revenue of $22.2 billion and a record $695 billion backlog. (investors.boeing.com) The trade piece is real, but it is separate from any current CEO exit. Industry reporting says China’s 125% tariff on U.S. goods in April 2025 led Chinese carriers to stop taking some Boeing deliveries and sent some aircraft back for remarketing. (ch-aviation.com 1) (ch-aviation.com 2) Boeing had already told investors on April 22, 2026 that it was increasing output, with 143 commercial deliveries in the quarter. The company said backlog across the business reached a record level even as trade tensions affected some deliveries. (investors.boeing.com) The Mexico production claim is harder to pin down from primary sources tied to a new CEO departure. Boeing’s own recent public materials reviewed here do not announce a fresh resignation linked to Mexico parts work or tariffs. (boeing.com) (investors.boeing.com) What is documented is Boeing’s effort to regain control of manufacturing after the January 2024 Alaska Airlines door-plug blowout. In 2024, the company also agreed to buy Spirit AeroSystems in an $8.3 billion deal, and it completed that acquisition in 2025. (boeing.com) (investors.boeing.com) So the clean read is this: the stepping-down claim is old if it refers to Calhoun, and false if it suggests Ortberg is leaving now. The newer, verified development is the tariff fight’s effect on Boeing deliveries, not a new CEO exit. (investors.boeing.com) (boeing.com)