10 Facts About Charles Moorman

Charles Wickliffe "Wick" Moorman IV was born on 1952 and is an American businessman and railroader.

Charles Moorman served as president from 2004 to 2013 and chief executive officer from 2005 until his initial retirement in 2015.

Charles Moorman has served in a number of leadership positions at Norfolk Southern and its predecessor railroads including senior vice president corporate planning and services, president of Thoroughbred Technology and Telecommunications, vice president information technology, and vice president personnel and labor relations.

Charles Moorman is a 1975 graduate of Georgia Tech and Harvard Business School, he joined Norfolk Southern predecessor, Southern Railway, in 1970 as a Co-Op while still attending Georgia Tech.

Charles Moorman was a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity.

In 2011, Charles Moorman was involved in the launch of the 21st Century Steam, a revival of Norfolk Southern's popular steam excursion program which had been ended in 1994.

On June 1,2013, Moorman was succeeded as president of Norfolk Southern by James A Squires.

Charles Moorman, who had stated that he only intended to serve as a "transitional CEO", served as CEO for less than one year before former Delta Air Lines executive Richard Anderson was named president and co-CEO in June 2017.

Charles Moorman remained with Amtrak as co-CEO with Anderson until the end of 2017 before transitioning into an advisory role in 2018.

Charles Moorman was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2016 for leadership in the development of computerized freight railroad tracking system in North America.