As president of Boeing International, Shephard Hill oversees foreign business for the aircraft maker. During the past four years, Chicago-based Boeing has inked the biggest deals in the 96-year-old company’s history with customers outside the U.S. Eighty percent of Boeing’s outstanding commercial aircraft orders are from non-U.S. purchasers, and half the company’s revenue comes from overseas sales.
Shep talks with Bloomberg Businessweek about the politics of selling jetliners in China and Brazil (edited interview).