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ExxonMobil executive Rex Tillerson is rumored to be President-elect Donald Trump’s Secretary of State, but who is the man who could be the United States’ representative around the world?
In a Fox News Sunday interview with Chris Wallace, Trump said of Tillerson, “He’s a world class player.”
Tillerson joined Exxon in 1975 as a production engineer, his first job out of school according to the Washington Post. As of this April, he held $218 million in Exxon stock and a $69.5 million pension plan.
In 1995, Tillerson was elevated to the position of President of Exxon Yemen Inc. ExxonMobil stated that in his roles with the company from 1992 to 1999, “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.”
He ascended to his current position of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ExxonMobil on January 1, 2006. The Wall Street Journal reported that Tillerson shifted the company’s stance on climate change, “He embraced a carbon tax as the best potential policy solution and has said climate change is a global problem that warrants action.”
In 2011, the ExxonMobil CEO was involved in a deal on behalf of the company to develop oil fields in Iraqi Kurdistan according to Reuters. The deal was made in spite of conflicts with Iraqi law. Then, in 2013, Tillerson made his initial trip to Iraq. The report stated that the trip was made to “mend fences with the central government.”
That same year, Tillerson received the Order of Friendship from Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Tillerson spoke disapprovingly of sanctions against Russia at a 2014 ExxonMobil shareholders meeting. NBC News reported that a deal between ExxonMobil and Russia, reportedly worth $500 billion, was defeated because of Obama Administration sanctions that came in response to Russia’s 2014 invasion of Crimea.
As the company suffered dropping profits, stagnate stock prices, and a downgraded credit rating, it tightened its belt and borrowed money earlier this year. Tillerson even “took a well-publicized 18 percent pay cut – to $27.3 million,” according to the Post.
Tillerson, 64, was already scheduled to retire in just a few short months: March 2017.
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates recommended Tillerson for the Secretary of State position according to sources cited by Politico. The report stated that Exxon is a client of both Rice and Gates. It was on their recommendation that Tillerson was brought in for an interview with Trump at Trump Tower.
Tillerson is a native of Wichita Falls, Texas. He attended University of Texas at Austin where he completed a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering just before joining Exxon Company, U.S.A.
When Sarah Palin took office as governor of Alaska she took a hard stance with oil companies. Palin had beat out prior governor Frank Murkowski after news broke of sweetheart deals for oil companies under his leadership and several of his negotiators were indicted. Fortune reported that Palin’s decision to not show up when Tillerson came to Juneau to meet with her early in her term shocked oil lobbyists.
In the book Going Rogue, Palin wrote that Alaskans called Tillerson “T-Rex” as she described a particular hostility from ExxonMobil to moving away from relationships with the state’s previous administration.
As for his campaign involvement, Tillerson made political campaign contributions of nearly $43,000 in 2011. Presidential candidate Mitt Romney and Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell were among those who received some of that money according to Fortune. In September 2012, Tillerson gave $50,000 to Romney Victory INC. In early 2015, he gave $5,000 to Jeb Bush’s super PAC Right to Rise USA.
He has also been greatly involved with the Boy Scouts of America according to WSJ. His father was a local Boy Scouts administrator and Former Clinton Administration Deputy Defense Secretary John Hamre, president of a Washington think tank on whose board Tillerson serves, said Tillerson was instrumental in changing the Boy Scouts policy in 2013 to allow gay youth to participate.
ExxonMobil executive Rex Tillerson is rumored to be President-elect Donald Trump’s Secretary of State, but who is the man who could be the United States’ representative around the world?
In a Fox News Sunday interview with Chris Wallace, Trump said of Tillerson, “He’s a world class player.”
Tillerson joined Exxon in 1975 as a production engineer, his first job out of school according to the Washington Post. As of this April, he held $218 million in Exxon stock and a $69.5 million pension plan.
In 1995, Tillerson was elevated to the position of President of Exxon Yemen Inc. ExxonMobil stated that in his roles with the company from 1992 to 1999, “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.”
He ascended to his current position of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ExxonMobil on January 1, 2006. The Wall Street Journal reported that Tillerson shifted the company’s stance on climate change, “He embraced a carbon tax as the best potential policy solution and has said climate change is a global problem that warrants action.”
In 2011, the ExxonMobil CEO was involved in a deal on behalf of the company to develop oil fields in Iraqi Kurdistan according to Reuters. The deal was made in spite of conflicts with Iraqi law. Then, in 2013, Tillerson made his initial trip to Iraq. The report stated that the trip was made to “mend fences with the central government.”
That same year, Tillerson received the Order of Friendship from Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Tillerson spoke disapprovingly of sanctions against Russia at a 2014 ExxonMobil shareholders meeting. NBC News reported that a deal between ExxonMobil and Russia, reportedly worth $500 billion, was defeated because of Obama Administration sanctions that came in response to Russia’s 2014 invasion of Crimea.
As the company suffered dropping profits, stagnate stock prices, and a downgraded credit rating, it tightened its belt and borrowed money earlier this year. Tillerson even “took a well-publicized 18 percent pay cut – to $27.3 million,” according to the Post.
Tillerson, 64, was already scheduled to retire in just a few short months: March 2017.
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates recommended Tillerson for the Secretary of State position according to sources cited by Politico. The report stated that Exxon is a client of both Rice and Gates. It was on their recommendation that Tillerson was brought in for an interview with Trump at Trump Tower.
Tillerson is a native of Wichita Falls, Texas. He attended University of Texas at Austin where he completed a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering just before joining Exxon Company, U.S.A.
When Sarah Palin took office as governor of Alaska she took a hard stance with oil companies. Palin had beat out prior governor Frank Murkowski after news broke of sweetheart deals for oil companies under his leadership and several of his negotiators were indicted. Fortune reported that Palin’s decision to not show up when Tillerson came to Juneau to meet with her early in her term shocked oil lobbyists.
In the book Going Rogue, Palin wrote that Alaskans called Tillerson “T-Rex” as she described a particular hostility from ExxonMobil to moving away from relationships with the state’s previous administration.
As for his campaign involvement, Tillerson made political campaign contributions of nearly $43,000 in 2011. Presidential candidate Mitt Romney and Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell were among those who received some of that money according to Fortune. In September 2012, Tillerson gave $50,000 to Romney Victory INC. In early 2015, he gave $5,000 to Jeb Bush’s super PAC Right to Rise USA.
He has also been greatly involved with the Boy Scouts of America according to WSJ. His father was a local Boy Scouts administrator and Former Clinton Administration Deputy Defense Secretary John Hamre, president of a Washington think tank on whose board Tillerson serves, said Tillerson was instrumental in changing the Boy Scouts policy in 2013 to allow gay youth to participate.
One thing for sure is that with Tillerson in charge of state, the era of having simple
minded sorority girls like Marie Harf will be over. She suggested a better way to fight ISIS would
be to create jobs for them. Responding to critics of her remarks on helping fight terror by
creating jobs, Harf said her statements were just “too nuanced” for her critics to understand.
However she did she provide much-needed entertainment.
Shuffled off the main stage to some back room where she and her trendy blue
nail polish are kept away from the microphones.
Jen Psaki who came before her wasn't much better.
In December 2014, Psaki was caught on live mic calling
her OWN talking points on Egypt “ridiculous”.
Also that September, Psaki couldn't say if the United States was at war with ISIS or not.
This was despite the fact that airstrikes had been ongoing for over a month.
It's obvious the Clinton/Kerry state department was not filled with top notchers anything
would be an upgrade, but Tillerson appears IMO the best of the lot contending. An excellent
choice.
minded sorority girls like Marie Harf will be over. She suggested a better way to fight ISIS would
be to create jobs for them. Responding to critics of her remarks on helping fight terror by
creating jobs, Harf said her statements were just “too nuanced” for her critics to understand.
However she did she provide much-needed entertainment.
Shuffled off the main stage to some back room where she and her trendy blue
nail polish are kept away from the microphones.
Jen Psaki who came before her wasn't much better.
In December 2014, Psaki was caught on live mic calling
her OWN talking points on Egypt “ridiculous”.
Also that September, Psaki couldn't say if the United States was at war with ISIS or not.
This was despite the fact that airstrikes had been ongoing for over a month.
It's obvious the Clinton/Kerry state department was not filled with top notchers anything
would be an upgrade, but Tillerson appears IMO the best of the lot contending. An excellent
choice.
Trump is assembling an "A" team, the likes of which has not been seen in a long long time. He is in the process of reinventing governing. He will run the government like a successful business. You think Obama, or George Bush, or Bill Clinton, or, or, or were capable of that?
I love watching the Donald work. He is tireless and determined. If America can be great again, Trump will get it there.
I love watching the Donald work. He is tireless and determined. If America can be great again, Trump will get it there.
Liberals Hate Her Guts due to her dislike of The Welfare State and her singular Focus on promoting a philosophy based upon keeping the government as much out of people's lives as possible but
Ayn Rand wrote the script to this damn near exactly way back in 1957. 'Atlas Shrugged', of course.
Maybe Literature does have an effect? "LongTerm?" I don't know, its quite a remarkable co-incidence though, the similarities to Ayn's book and how these Cabinet Appointments are unfolding. "Leaders of Industry, Miltary etc."
"Demonizing the producers and giving voice to a swelling idiot class, many of these College Students who confuse ideals with reals."
would very well have been a thing Ayn Rand had said herself, as near Verbatim to that as her words would allow her.
"You think Obama, or George Bush, or Bill Clinton, or, or, or were capable of (assembling such an A-Team)?"
No.
We've never been anywhere even close to anything like this.
