Overview
William Boeing founded the Boeing Company in 1916 in Puget Sound, Washington. William had modest goals as a young Yale engineering graduate, first making it big in the timber industry. When the Wright bothers showed the world the idea of flight, William was intrigued. He then decided that it was time that he should enter into the field of aviation.
Boeing and his friend Conrad Westervelt teamed up to create a more practical plane after witnessing the Wright brother's creation and further advances. …
