Rex Tillerson

A native of Wichita Falls, Texas, Rex Tillerson earned a B.S. in civil engineering at the University of Texas at Austin before joining Exxon Company, U.S.A. (EUSA), in 1975 as a production engineer. In 1989, he became general manager of EUSA’s Central Production Division, responsible for oil and gas production operations throughout a large portion of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Kansas. In 1992, Mr. Tillerson was named production adviser to Exxon Corporation. Three years later, he was named president of Exxon Yemen, Inc., and Esso Exploration and Production Khorat, Inc., and in 1998, he became vice president of Exxon Ventures (CIS), Inc., and president of Exxon Neftegas Limited. In those roles, he was responsible for Exxon’s holdings in Russia and the Caspian Sea, as well as the Sakhalin I Consortium operations offshore Sakhalin Island, Russia. In 1999, he became executive vice president of ExxonMobil Development Company. Mr. Tillerson was named senior vice president of Exxon Mobil Corporation in 2001 and was elected president of the corporation and member of the Board of Directors in March 2004. He assumed his current position on January 1, 2006. In 2008, Mr. Tillerson was the recipient of the Hispanic Heritage Foundation Inspira Award, recognizing leadership in education and for inspiring Latino youth in America. Mr. Tillerson is a member of the Executive Committee and Policy Committee of the American Petroleum Institute. He is also a trustee of CSIS. He is a member of the National Petroleum Council, the Business Roundtable and its Energy Task Force, an honorary trustee of the Business Council for International Understanding, and a member of the Emergency Committee for American Trade. Mr. Tillerson is a member of the Executive Board of the Boy Scouts of America, a director of the United Negro College Fund, and vice chairman of the Ford’s Theatre Society. He is also a member of the Engineering Advisory Board for the University of Texas at Austin and the Society of Petroleum Engineers.