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{{Short description|American businessman}}
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'''Wayne "Gil" West''' is an American businessman, and the CEO of [[Hertz Global Holdings]] since April 2024.
West earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from [[North Carolina State University]] in 1984, and an MBA from [[National University (California)|National University]] in 1990.<ref name="Naples">{{cite news |last1=Foster |first1=J. Kyle |title=Hertz CEO Scherr resigns, former General Motor's Cruise unit COO West named to replace him |url=https://eu.news-press.com/story/news/local/2024/03/18/hertz-replaces-ceo-scherr-with-former-gm-exec-gil-west/73015613007/ |access-date=9 April 2024 |work=Naples Daily News |date=15 March 2024}}</ref>
West was chief operating officer (COO) of Delta Airlines from March 2014 to October 2020.<ref name="Naples"/><ref name="Reuters"/> He was COO of General Motors' self-driving cars Cruise division from January 2021 to December 2023.<ref name="Naples"/><ref name="Reuters">{{cite news |title=Hertz appoints Gil West as CEO |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/hertz-appoints-gil-west-ceo-2024-03-15/ |access-date=9 April 2024 |work=Reuters |date=15 March 2024}}</ref>
On 15 March 2024, it was announced that West would succeed [[Stephen Scherr]] as CEO of Hertz on 1 April 2024.<ref name="Reuters"/>
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