Rex Tillerson

Rex W. Tillerson ( born March 23, 1952 in Wichita Falls, Texas, United States) is an American manager. He is president and CEO of the oil company ExxonMobil.

Life

After graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin Tillerson began in 1975 at Exxon as engineer. After that, he held various positions with Exxon. In 1995, he became president of Exxon Yemen Inc. and Esso Exploration & Production Khorat Inc.

In 1998, Tillerson the post of vice president of Exxon Ventures ( CIS). In the same year he became president of Exxon Neftegas Limited and was responsible for their activities in Russia and the Caspian Sea.

From 1999, the year of the merger of Exxon and Mobil, he was Deputy CEO of ExxonMobil Development Company. He was president of ExxonMobil Corporation 2001. On 1 January 2006 Tillerson took over from his predecessor Lee Raymond the post of Managing Director of ExxonMobil.

Beginning of 2014 it was announced that Rex Tillerson has joined a lawsuit against a fracking project near his ranch in Bartonville (Texas ). He indicates that this could affect the value of his property. ExxonMobil is one of the largest operators of fracking method in the U.S. and increasingly in Europe.