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Chevron Corporation
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Chart of the major energy companies dubbed "Big Oil" sorted by latest published revenue
Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) is the world's fourth largest non-government energy company. Headquartered in San Ramon, California, USA, and active in more than 180 countries, it is engaged in every aspect of the oil and gas industry, including exploration and production; refining, marketing and transport; chemicals manufacturing and sales; and power generation. Chevron is one of the world's six "supermajor" oil companies.
Board of directors
As of April 2007:
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- David J. O'Reilly (Chairman & CEO)
- Samual Armacost:
- Managing director of Weiss, Peck & Greer L.L.C. from 1990 until 1998.
- Managing director of Merrill Lynch Capital Markets from 1987 until 1990.
- President, director and chief executive officer of BankAmerica Corporation from 1981 until 1986.
- Linnet F. Deily
- Robert Denham
- Robert James Eaton: He was the Chairman and CEO of Chrysler Corporation from 1993 until 1998. In that position, he was responsible for the sale of Chrysler Corporation to Daimler-Benz which formed DaimlerChrysler[1]
- Sam Ginn
- Franklyn Jenifer
- Sam Nunn: Currently the co-chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI), a charitable organization working to reduce the global threats from nuclear, biological and chemical weapons, Nunn served for 24 years as a United States Senator from Georgia (1972 until 1997) as a member of the Democratic Party. His political experience and credentials on national defense reportedly put him into consideration as a potential running mate for Democratic candidate John Kerry in the 2004 Presidential election. There was speculation that he could have been the running mate of Democratic candidate Barack Obama in 2008.[1] Nunn is an informal advisor to President Obama.
- Donald Rice: California businessman and senior government official. He has been president and chief executive officer of several large companies including RAND Corporation, and has sat on numerous boards of directors, including Wells Fargo & Company. Rice also served as the seventeenth Secretary of the Air Force, 1989-93.
- Peter Robertson
- Charles Shoemate
- Ronald Sugar: has been chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Northrop Grumman Corporation, a global defense company, since 2003.
- Carl Ware: In 1979, he was named Vice President of Special Markets for Coca-Cola USA, with responsibility for expanding African-American and Hispanic marketing and advertising programs. In 1982, Ware was promoted to Vice President of Urban Affairs. In 1986, he was elected Senior Vice President of Coca Cola. Ware was named Deputy Group President, Northeast Europe and Africa in 1991, and was appointed president of the Africa Group in 1993.[2] Ware was elected a director of Chevron Corporation in 2001. He is a former senior adviser to the chief executive officer of The Coca-Cola Co., a position he held from 2003 to 2006. He also sits on the board of directors of the Council on Foreign Relations and Georgia Power.
Condoleezza Rice is a former member of the board of directors, and also headed Chevron's committee on public policy until she resigned on January 15, 2001, to become National Security Advisor to President George W. Bush.
