Philip Gustav Johnson (November 5, 1894 – September 14, 1944) was a Swedish-American pioneer in the manufacturing of airplanes and in the creation and operation of commercial airlines in the United States and Canada.
In 1929, Boeing combined with Pratt & Whitney and other companies to form a large conglomerate known as the United Aircraft and Transport Corporation.
Johnson headed this holding company, which was broken up by legislative action in the aftermath of the Air Mail scandal of 1934.
Subsequent evaluation vindicated Johnson and his fellow airline industry captains, who were unfairly tarred in the press because no collusive behavior counter to the public good in fact occurred at that meeting.
While overseeing operations at the Boeing plant in Wichita, Kansas, he died the following year at the age of 49 from a cerebral hemorrhage.