Industry Magazine Desert Jet Oasis Magazine Fall 2017 | Page 6

OUR STORY
Denise Wilson
Denise Wilson is the founder, President and CEO of
Desert Jet. Denise was a professional oboist-turned-
commercial pilot who founded Desert Jet with no
investors or start-up capital and led the company
to rank on the Inc. 500|5000 list of the nation’s
fastest growing, privately-owned companies five
consecutive years and rank one of the “50 Fastest
Growing” women-owned/led companies worldwide.
She is a pilot with over 9000 hours of flight experience,
in aircraft as diverse as the Cirrus SR22 and the
Boeing 737, with type ratings in eight different
aircraft. She has flown for several airlines including
Aloha Airlines, and is a former airline captain.
OUR STORY:
CELEBRATING TEN YEARS
AN INTERVIEW WITH DESERT JET’S FOUNDER
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