COMPANY

Founded 1879 as Pacific Coast Oil Company. Merged with Standard Oil of Iowa in 1906 and renamed Standard Oil (California), aka "SoCal". Merged with Pacific Oil Company in 1926 and renamed Standard Oil Company of California. Merged with Gulf Oil in 1984 and renamed Chevron Corporation. Merged with Texaco in 2001 and renamed Chevron Texaco. In 2005, Chevron Texaco switched back to using the name Chevron alone.

Official Website:
http://www.chevron.com/

Industry:
Energy

Ticker:
NYSE:CVX

Corporate headquarters:
San Ramon, CA

Sales:
$221B (2007)

Employees:
65,000

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Bill W. Byrne	Business	c. 1930		Warren Petroleum Company
Kenneth T. Derr	Business	4-Aug-1936		CEO of Chevron, 1989-99
Stephen A. Furbacher	Business	c. 1948		President and COO of Dynegy, 2005-07
William J. Haynes II	Government	30-Mar-1958		DOD General Counsel, 2001-08
George L. Kirkland	Business	8-Aug-1950		Chevron Global Upstream and Gas
David J. O'Reilly	Business	1947		CEO of Chevron, 2005-09
Charles B. Renfrew	Attorney	31-Oct-1928		Deputy US Attorney General, 1980-81
Peter J. Robertson	Business	1947		Vice Chairman of Chevron
Howard B. Sheppard	Business	c. 1946		Assistant Treasurer of Chevron
James N. Sullivan	Business	1937		Vice Chairman of Chevron, 1989-2000
John S. Watson	Business	Oct-1956		CEO of Chevron
Charles R. Williamson	Business	1948		CEO of Unocal, 2001-05
Patricia A. Woertz	Business	17-Mar-1953		CEO of Archer Daniels Midland

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Linnet F. Deily	Business	1945		Deputy US Trade Representative, 2001-05
Robert E. Denham	Attorney	27-Aug-1945		Partner, Munger, Tolles & Olson
Chuck Hagel	Politician	4-Oct-1946		US Senator from Nebraska, 1997-2009
Enrique Hernandez, Jr.	Business	2-Nov-1955		Inter-Con Security Systems
George L. Kirkland	Business	8-Aug-1950		Chevron Global Upstream and Gas
Charles W. Moorman	Business	c. 1953		CEO of Norfolk Southern
Kevin W. Sharer	Business	2-Mar-1948		CEO of Amgen
John G. Stumpf	Business	1953		CEO of Wells Fargo
Ronald D. Sugar	Business	1948		CEO of Northrop Grumman
Carl Ware	Business	30-Sep-1943		Former Coca-Cola executive
John S. Watson	Business	Oct-1956		CEO of Chevron

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Samuel Armacost	Business	Mar-1939		Chairman of SRI International
Kenneth T. Derr	Business	4-Aug-1936		CEO of Chevron, 1989-99
Robert J. Eaton	Business	13-Feb-1940		CEO of Chrysler, 1993-98
Sam Ginn	Business	c. 1938		CEO of Airtouch Communications, 1993-99
Carla Hills	Diplomat	3-Jan-1934		US Trade Representative, 1989-93
Franklyn G. Jenifer	Educator	26-Mar-1939		President of UT-Dallas, 1994-2003
J. Bennett Johnston	Politician	10-Jun-1932		US Senator from Louisiana, 1972-97
James L. Jones	Military	19-Dec-1943		US National Security Advisor, 2009-10
Sam Nunn	Politician	8-Sep-1938		US Senator from Georgia, 1972-97
David J. O'Reilly	Business	1947		CEO of Chevron, 2005-09
Charles B. Renfrew	Attorney	31-Oct-1928		Deputy US Attorney General, 1980-81
Condoleezza Rice	Government	14-Nov-1954		US Secretary of State, 2005-09
Donald B. Rice	Business	4-Jun-1939		Secretary of the US Air Force, 1989-93
Peter J. Robertson	Business	1947		Vice Chairman of Chevron
Charles R. Shoemate	Business	c. 1940		CEO of Best Foods, 1990-2000
James N. Sullivan	Business	1937		Vice Chairman of Chevron, 1989-2000
John A. Young	Business	24-Apr-1932		CEO of Hewlett Packard, 1978-92

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
James L. Payne	Business	c. 1937		Santa Fe Energy Resources

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