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 6