Boeing’s DC Powerbroker Rebuilds Clout After Fallout From 737 Max Crash
- Affable rainmaker woos powerbrokers, avoids media limelight
- Planemaker scored win in DC with 737 Max certification deal
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Boeing Co.’s rainmaker in Washington, a former auto lobbyist who goes by the nickname “Z,” is restoring some of the swagger that once made the aerospace giant a force on Capitol Hill.
A badly needed legislative victory in late December let Boeing continue plans for its cash-cow 737 Max over the protests of family members of victims of two fatal crashes. Now Ziad Ojakli, 55, has his sights set on the White House, where Boeing needs support to re-establish sales of the plane in China.