Wilcox was a founding executive of JetBlue Airways as well as president and COO of Kingfisher Airlines until 2006.

[4][5] Wilcox was born in London, United Kingdom to an American father and a Swiss mother.

[6] He later attended the University of Vermont and earned a BA in political science and English.

Wilcox worked in a customer service job at Virgin Atlantic Airways.

Wilcox worked at JetBlue for six years and left to launch Kingfisher Airlines.