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Rex Tillerson

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Rex Wayne Tillerson (born March 23, 1952) is an American energy executive and former diplomat who served as the 69th United States secretary of state from 2017 to 2018 in the first administration of Donald Trump. From 2006 to 2016, he was chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of ExxonMobil. Tillerson began his career as a civil engineer with Exxon in 1975 after graduating with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. By 1989, he had become general manager of the Exxon USA central production division. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rex Tillerson is the 230th most popular businessperson (up from 258th in 2019), the 2,796th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,802nd in 2019) and the 79th most popular American Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Rex Tillerson ranks 230 out of 847. Before him are Axel Springer, Dieter Schwarz, Dhirubhai Ambani, Rosalía Mera, Thomas Lipton, and Luca Cordero di Montezemolo. After him are Carl Laemmle, Stavros Niarchos, Henry Cole, Horacio Pagani, Rinat Akhmetov, and Yves Rocher.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Rex Tillerson ranks 139. Before him are Chazz Palminteri, Kaija Saariaho, Petar Stoyanov, Bola Tinubu, Eduardo Souto de Moura, and Fatos Nano. After him are Nile Rodgers, Vandana Shiva, Verónica Castro, Jonathan Frakes, Alexander Ankvab, and George Allen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Rex Tillerson ranks 2,796 out of 20,380. Before him are Nancy Roman (1925), Robert B. Wilson (1937), Brittany Murphy (1977), Tito Jackson (1953), Dexter Gordon (1923), and Ellison Onizuka (1946). After him are Martin Ritt (1914), Elmer Drew Merrill (1876), David Letterman (1947), Cy Young (1867), Johnny Winter (1944), and David Soul (1943).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Rex Tillerson ranks 79. Before him are Roy Raymond (1947), Robert Trump (1948), Ted Turner (1938), Tom Wolf (1948), Stockton Rush (1962), and Arthur D. Levinson (1950). After him are Lawrence Roberts (1937), Malcolm Glazer (1928), Johns Hopkins (1795), Steve Fossett (1944), George Gallup (1901), and Ray Dalio (1949).

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