Lee
R. Raymond
Exxon Mobil Corporation
Reitred Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Lee R. Raymond is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Exxon Mobil Corporation. Mr. Raymond was named a Senior Vice President and was elected to the Board of Directors of the corporation in 1984. He became President of the corporation in 1987.
A native of Watertown, South Dakota, Mr. Raymond graduated in 1960 from the University of Wisconsin with a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering. In 1963, he received a Ph.D. in the same discipline from the University of Minnesota. He joined Exxon that same year.
Mr. Raymond is a director of the American Enterprise Institute, the United Negro College Fund, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. and the Strategic Planning Committee of the JASON Foundation for Education. He is Chairman of the Board, a director and member of the Executive Committee and Policy Committee of the American Petroleum Institute. He is also a member of various organizations, including the National Advisory Council of the American Society for Engineering Education; The Business Council; and The Business Roundtable. He is also a Trustee of the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation and a partner emeritus of the New York City Partnership.
Exxon Mobil Corporation
When Exxon and Mobil merged in 1999, they created the world’s largest oil company. With operations in about 200 countries and territories, Exxon Mobil is engaged in every aspect of the oil and gas business and has long been the industry leader in each of its core businesses. The company operates in about 200 countries and territories, is unmatched in world-class scale and efficiency, and has an industry-leading portfolio of proprietary technology.
In the Upstream (Exploration and Production), ExxonMobil participates in every major producing area around the world. It has a superior position in the Gulf of Mexico, West Africa, the Caspian Sea, and the Middle East – areas with tremendous potential. In the Downstream (Refining and Marketing), the company is the largest refiner and marketer of retail petroleum products, the leading manufacturer of lube basestocks, and the leading supplier of finished lubricants.
In Chemical, ExxonMobil is the largest worldwide producer of paraxylene and polyolefins. Over 90 percent of the company’s assets are in businesses where it is ranked either first or second. Through a leading-edge cost structure, proprietary technology, and unsurpassed integration with refineries, ExxonMobil continues to outpace competition in returns on capital employed across the industry cycle.