Top 10 Business Personalities of 2012


9. Rex Tillerson
Chairman and CEO of Exxon Mobil

Rex Tillerson (born March 23, 1952, in Wichita Falls, Texas) is the current Chairman, President, and CEO of Exxon Mobil Corporation. He graduated from Huntsville High School, Huntsville, Texas, in 1970. He received a Bachelor of Science in civil engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 1975 and joined The Exxon Company in 1975.

In 1995, he became president of Exxon Yemen Inc. and Esso Exploration and Production Khorat Inc. In 1998, he became a vice president of Exxon Ventures (CIS) and president of Exxon Neftegas Limited with responsibility for Exxon's holdings in Russia and the Caspian Sea. In 1999, with the merger of Exxon and Mobil, he was named Executive Vice President of ExxonMobil Development Company.

In 2004, he became president and director of Exxon Mobil and on January 1, 2006, he was elected chairman and chief executive officer (CEO), following the retirement of Lee Raymond.

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