Thomas W. Horton was promoted to President — AMR Corporation and American Airlines in July 2010. In his expanded role, he oversees finance, planning, sales and marketing, customer service, information technology and American's global alliance strategy, including its role in the oneworld alliance. He reports to Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Gerard Arpey. AMR is the parent company of American.

Previously, Horton served as Executive Vice President — Finance and Planning and Chief Financial Officer of AMR and American. He was named to that position in March 2006 upon returning to American from AT&T Corp., where he had been Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer.

Horton initially joined AMR in 1985 and held a range of senior financial positions with AMR, including Vice President and Controller. From 1998 to 2000, he was vice president responsible for the airline's Europe business, based in London.

In January 2000, Horton became Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of AMR.

In 2002, Horton joined AT&T, where he served first as Chief Financial Officer and then as Vice Chairman and CFO. In 2005, Horton led the evaluation of strategic alternatives, ultimately, leading to the combination with SBC, which formed the new AT&T.

Horton holds an MBA degree from the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University and graduated with a BBA degree, magna cum laude, from Baylor University. Horton serves on the Board of Directors of Qualcomm, Inc., a leading developer and innovator of advanced wireless technologies and data solutions. He also serves on the Executive Board of the Cox School of Business at SMU.