Greg Hayes

American businessman

Gregory J. Hayes (born 1960/61) is an American businessman. He was the chairman and CEO of United Technologies from September 2016 until April 2020, when United Technologies merged with Raytheon, at which point he became the CEO of the merged company, RTX Corporation.2

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Born 1965.1

About

Hayes has announced his retirement from that position, to become effective on May 2, 2024.

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Companies

  • Phillips 66Board member Jul 12, 2022 to now9
  • RTXChief executive officer Apr 3, 2020 to now10
  • RTXBoard member Nov 2014 to now10

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedPurdue University3
  • Date not recordedMitchell E. Daniels, Jr. School of Business3

Hayes grew up in Williamsville, New York, and was a 1978 graduate of Williamsville South High School. Hayes played football at Cornell University, while studying pre-law for a year, then transferred to the Krannert School of Management at Purdue University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in economics in 1982. He later became a CPA.

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Career

Occupation: manager.7

After graduating, Hayes joined Sundstrand Corporation, which was acquired by United Technologies (UTC) in 1999. He rose through management, becoming CEO of UTC in November 2014, succeeding Louis R. Chênevert. Hayes was elected chairman in September 2016.

In April 2020, Raytheon Company completed their merger with UTC to form Raytheon Technologies. Hayes was named CEO of the combined company, and Raytheon chairman and CEO Thomas A. Kennedy was named executive chairman.

In September 2022, Foreign Ministry of China spokesperson Mao Ning announced at a press briefing that China has imposed sanctions on Hayes and Boeing Defense, Space & Security CEO Theodore Colbert III, in response to the U.S. arms sale to Taiwan. It is not immediately known what the Chinese sanctions against Hayes and Colbert would entail, and it is often mainly symbolic in nature.

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Personal life

  • Born1965, United States8

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