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President-elect Donald Trump has appointed Exxon Mobil Corp. Chief Executive Rex Tillerson as his secretary of state.
Rex Wayne Tillerson is an American businessman and is the chairman and CEO of Exxon Mobil Corporation, the fifth largest company by market capitalization .
Here are seven things about the new US Secretary of State:
1. Tillerson was born on March 23, 1952, in Wichita Falls, Texas, the son of Patty Sue (née Patton) and Bobby Joe Tillerson.
2. In 1970, he graduated from Huntsville High School in Huntsville, Texas. He received a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 1975
3. The 64-year-old, Texas-born head of Exxon Mobil has worked for the company in the US, Yemen and Russia, and is known for his close ties with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
4. His Russian ties - during his time at Exxon, Mr Tillerson has forged multibillion-dollar deals with Russia's state oil company, Rosneft.
He is also known to be a friend of Igor Sechin, Rosneft's executive chairman who was formerly Mr Putin's deputy prime minister. Mr Sechin has been called Russia's second most powerful man.
Mr Tillerson has spoken out against international sanctions placed on Russia over its annexation of Crimea.
5. In 2011, Tillerson, on behalf of ExxonMobil, signed a deal to develop oil fields in the autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan. The agreement was in defiance of Iraqi law, which forbids companies from dealing directly with Iraqi Kurdistan
6. Tillerson is also a trustee for the Center for Strategic and International Studies and the American Petroleum Institute, and is a member of the Business Roundtable.
7. He was a member of the executive committee of The Business Council for 2011 and 2012.
Rex Wayne Tillerson is an American businessman and is the chairman and CEO of Exxon Mobil Corporation, the fifth largest company by market capitalization .
Here are seven things about the new US Secretary of State:
1. Tillerson was born on March 23, 1952, in Wichita Falls, Texas, the son of Patty Sue (née Patton) and Bobby Joe Tillerson.
2. In 1970, he graduated from Huntsville High School in Huntsville, Texas. He received a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 1975
3. The 64-year-old, Texas-born head of Exxon Mobil has worked for the company in the US, Yemen and Russia, and is known for his close ties with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
4. His Russian ties - during his time at Exxon, Mr Tillerson has forged multibillion-dollar deals with Russia's state oil company, Rosneft.
He is also known to be a friend of Igor Sechin, Rosneft's executive chairman who was formerly Mr Putin's deputy prime minister. Mr Sechin has been called Russia's second most powerful man.
Mr Tillerson has spoken out against international sanctions placed on Russia over its annexation of Crimea.
5. In 2011, Tillerson, on behalf of ExxonMobil, signed a deal to develop oil fields in the autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan. The agreement was in defiance of Iraqi law, which forbids companies from dealing directly with Iraqi Kurdistan
6. Tillerson is also a trustee for the Center for Strategic and International Studies and the American Petroleum Institute, and is a member of the Business Roundtable.
7. He was a member of the executive committee of The Business Council for 2011 and 2012.
