ABOUT IAN KING
Entrepreneur who became CEO of BAE Systems, a British aerospace, security, and defense company, in 2008.
He worked for Marconi Electronic Systems before the company merged with British Aerospace to form BAE Systems.
He served as director of the British engineering company Rotork plc.
He settled in Portsmouth, England, with his wife and son.
He and fellow CEO Howard Stringer of the Sony Corporation were both born in England.
