NEW YORK, NY - American Express inasema rais Ed Gilligan alikufa ghafla Ijumaa baada ya kuugua wakati akiruka kwenye ndege ya kampuni kwenda New York.
Kampuni hiyo inasema mtendaji huyo wa miaka 55 alikuwa akirudi kwa ndege ya kampuni kutoka kwa safari ya biashara kwenda Tokyo alipofariki ghafla. Ndege ilitua kwa dharura lakini majaribio yote ya kufufua Gilligan hayakufanikiwa.
Gilligan alianza kufanya kazi katika American Express Co miaka 35 iliyopita kama mwanafunzi na akawa rais wa kampuni ya kadi ya mkopo mnamo 2013.
NINI CHA KUONDOA KATIKA MAKALA HII:
- The company says the 55-year-old executive was coming back on a corporate jet from a business trip to Tokyo when he suddenly passed out.
- 35 years ago as an intern and became president of the credit card company in 2013.
- American Express says president Ed Gilligan died suddenly Friday after getting sick while flying on a corporate plane to New York.
