STAN GADEK
Position: Chief executive officer and president, Sun Country Airlines
Age, birthplace: 59, Lombard, Ill.
Education: University of St. Thomas, MBA, 1984; University of Illinois, accounting degree, 1976
Family: wife, Kate; three grown children
Current residence: Lakeville
First job: Stock clerk and bagger at a grocery store for $1.10 an hour.
Worst job: Washing pots and pans in the mess hall as a Marine.
Favorite vacation spot: Hawaii
Favorite restaurant: L'Ami Louis in Paris
Magazine subscription: Flying
Fun away from work: Target shooting, a hobby left over from Marine Corps days
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