How Rollin King Made Southwest Airlines Into The Giant it is Today!
Though overshadowed by his more famous friend and co-founder, Herb Kelleher, without Rollin King Southwest Airlines would've never come to be. After all, he's the one who had the idea to found it in the first place!
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Early Life
Rollin White King was born on April 10 1931 in Cleveland, Ohio as the only child born to Griffin and Elizabeth King.
Growing up at the height of the Great Depression, a young Rollin watched as his parents struggled to make ends meet, instilling in him a drive to succeed through hard work.
Attending Shaker Heights High School, the nearest high school to his family's home in the Shaker Heights suburb of Cleveland, Rollin excelled in all his studies, but particularly in English where h...
