Riley P. Bechtel
Bechtel Group, Inc.
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
The
fourth and current generation of Bechtel family leaders, Riley P. Bechtel, is
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and a director of Bechtel Group, Inc.
Mr. Bechtel became President and Chief Executive Officer in June 1990 and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Bechtel Group in January 1996. Prior to Bechtel, Mr. Bechtel worked for the law firm of Thelen, Marrin, Johnson & Bridges, where he engaged in legal work for Bechtel and various other clients.
Mr. Bechtel received a bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Psychology from the University of California at Davis. He also received a combined J.D. and M.B.A. from Stanford University School of Law and Graduate School of Business. He was admitted to the California State Bar in November 1979, and is a member of the California and American Bar Associations.
Mr. Bechtel is a director of the Fremont Group and J. P. Morgan Chase & Co. and serves on the Board of Trustees of the JASON Foundation for Education. He is a member of the American Society of Corporate Executives, The Business Council, The Business Roundtable, The Conservation Fund Corporate Council, Stanford Law School Dean’s Advisory Council, the National Petroleum Council, and the Indian School of Business Governing Board. Mr. Bechtel is an Honorary Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Bechtel Group, Inc.
Bechtel is one of the world’s premier engineering-construction organizations. It provides technical, management, and directly related services to develop, finance, engineer, build, and operate installations for customers in a wide range of industries.
Major markets served are civil infrastructure, including aviation, rail, and water; telecommunications; fossil and nuclear power; mining and metals; petroleum and chemicals; pipelines; defense and space; environmental remediation and waste management; and industrial facilities, including e-commerce infrastructure.
Founded in the Oklahoma Territory in 1898, Bechtel is privately held and has been under the leadership of its founding family for four generations. Bechtel employs 50,000 people and has offices in major cities around the world. To date, Bechtel has worked on more than 20,000 projects in 140 countries on all seven continents, including the Hoover Dam, the Channel Tunnel, and the cleanup of Three Mile Island.Headquarters are in San Francisco.