John Leahy (born August 1950) is an American businessman.
He is a former chief operating officer - customers at Airbus (2005-2017), as well as the company's chief commercial officer between August 1994 and 2017, and a former member of the Airbus main board of management.
Well known as one of the commercial aviation industry's most prolific aircraft salesmen, he made a significant contribution to the increase in Airbus' market share, from 18% in 1993 to 57% a decade later.
He is responsible for over $1 trillion dollars in sales.
Airbus SAS was a government-owned company between 1993 and 2003.