Kurt Joseph Ekert is a businessperson who has been at the head of 5 different companies. Presently, he occupies the position of President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at Sabre Corp. and President for Sabre Airline Solutions (a subsidiary of Sabre Corp.) and President & Chief Executive Officer at Carlson, Inc. Mr. Ekert is also on the board of PASSUR Aerospace, Inc., smarTours LLC and ZYTLYN Technologies AG and Chief Commercial Officer for Travelport GDS.

In the past Kurt Joseph Ekert occupied the position of Chief Executive Officer at Carlson Travel, Inc., Chief Commercial officer & Executive VP at Travelport Worldwide Ltd. Chief Operating Officer for Gullivers Travel Associates (New York) and Chief Commercial Officer & Executive VP of Travelport LP (both are subsidiaries of Travelport Worldwide Ltd.), Co-President & Chief Executive Officer at Carlson Wagonlit Travel, Inc., COO, VP-Strategy & Business Development at Orbitz, Inc. and Principal at The United States Army (District of Columbia).

He received an MBA from the University of South Carolina and an undergraduate degree from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.