Bill Franke

Not to be confused with Bill Frank.
Bill Franke
Born (1937-04-15) 15 April 1937 (age 87)
Bryan, Texas, US
Alma materStanford University (BA, LLB)
OccupationBusinessman
TitleChairman, Wizz Air and Frontier Airlines
SpouseCarolyn Franke
Children5

William Augustus Franke (born April 15, 1937)[1] is an airline investor and a co-founder and Managing Partner of Indigo Partners LLC, a private equity fund focused in air transportation.[2][3] He has been the President at Franke and Company, Inc. since 1987.[4] Franke has been Chairman of Wizz Air since 2004, and is Chairman of Frontier Airlines. He also is the President and Chairman of Bristol Group SA.

  1. ^ MarketScreener. "William Franke - Biography". www.marketscreener.com. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
  2. ^ "William A. Franke Ph.D." Bloomberg. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  3. ^ Reid, David (2019-06-19). "US private equity titan Bill Franke becomes latest Airbus XLR customer with 50 plane order". CNBC. Retrieved 2019-07-15.
  4. ^ "William A. Franke: Executive Profile & Biography - Bloomberg". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2019-07-15.