CEO/PRESIDENT/CHAIRMAN DUCOMMUN,
WHY: Heads Santa Ana-based aerospace, defense and industrial components provider with $1B backlog as of August.
IN THE NEWS: Ducommun in the second quarter completed its $115M purchase of BLR Aerospace of Everett, Wash., among largest-ever purchases.
NOTABLE: One of the state’s oldest companies, founded in 1849 as a hardware company.
QUOTABLE: “We’re very bullish on commercial aerospace. Our defense business is our biggest business. We built it out during COVID. We feel really good about it.”
