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After retiring from HP he served as CEO of Kendall-Jackson Wine Estates from 2000 to mid-2001.
On December 1, 2003, director Platt was named as the non-executive chairman of Boeing, after Phil Condit resigned as chairman and CEO. In 2005, Platt was instrumental in forcing out President and CEO Harry Stonecipher for violating company rules, after it was revealed that Stonecipher was having an extramarital relationship with a female executive.
Platt also sat on the corporate board of 7-Eleven until his death.
Platt died of an aneurysm at age 64 at his home in Petaluma, California.
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