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  Lee R. Raymond 1938— - RELUCTANT PUBLIC FIGURE REVEALS LITTLE, EXXON'S RISING STAR, APPOINTED CEO
Raymond was noted for his penchant personally to have a hand in all sorts of deals within the company, becoming characterized as a micromanager.
Raymond often defended the environmental and human rights record of Exxon against protesters who said that the oil giant did not use accurate research or treat all of its employees across the globe fairly.
Raymond told shareholders that the company was committed to work with the new technologies in an effort to remain competitive within the oil industry.
www.referenceforbusiness.com /biography/M-R/Raymond-Lee-R-1938.html   (3044 words)

  
 ABC News: Oil: Exxon Chairman's $400 Million Parachute
Lee Raymond's retirement package -- worth nearly $400 million -- is one of the largest in history.
Exxon is giving Lee Raymond one of the most generous retirement packages in history, nearly $400 million, including pension, stock options and other perks, such as a $1 million consulting deal, two years of home security, personal security, a car and driver, and use of a corporate jet for professional purposes.
Raymond, however, was confronted with caustic complaints about his compensation.
www.abcnews.go.com /GMA/story?id=1841989   (365 words)

  
 Lee Raymond - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 1989, Raymond's tenure as President of Exxon saw the Exxon Valdez disaster which spilled an estimated 30 million gallons of crude oil off the Alaskan coast and killed thousands of wildlife animals and fish.
Lee Raymond is the vice chair of American Enterprise Institute's board of trustees.
Raymond was appointed to Chair a committee to lead America's Alternative Energy Future by President Bush in fall 2006.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lee_Raymond   (438 words)

  
 Lee Raymond - Moviefone
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movies.aol.com /celebrity/lee-raymond/59047/main   (115 words)

  
 The man who will lead Exxon Mobil: can one of America's most controversial CEOs be cloned? Some shareholders hope so; ...
Raymond, who has been part of the Exxon organization since 1963 and chairman since 1993, had planned to retire in 2003, but agreed to stay on until a replacement was ready.
It was aimed at reducing Raymond's duties as chairman and CEO, to mitigate what Monks saw as the damaging effects of Raymond's view that global warming was not a problem for the company.
Raymond did not set out to be an oilman, but he has built a financial and technological powerhouse, and will be a tough act to follow.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m4070/is_2002_Oct/ai_93207315   (961 words)

  
 WSJ -- Exxon CEO Lee Raymond's Stance On Global Warming Causes a Stir   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Raymond has been one of the most outspoken executives in the nation against regulation to curtail global warming.
Raymond has since toned down his position, saying global-warming issues need to be addressed; he called for voluntary, rather than regulatory, action, technological solutions and more research.
Raymond stopped him precisely after his two minutes were up, saying "you can come back another time." Mr.
www.junkscience.com /aug01/wsj-exxon.htm   (802 words)

  
 FOXNews.com - Transcript: ExxonMobil's Lee Raymond - Neil Cavuto | Your World
Raymond, there is concern in Congress that your company, in particular, has enjoyed fat times, and that maybe you should be subject to, as Chuck Schumer of New York says, a profit tax.
RAYMOND: I mean, I have read a lot of articles where they say, as a matter of fact, the oil companies are trying to use this as a way to skirt all the environmental laws.
Raymond, I had a lot of people e-mailing me who knew you were going to be on who said this.
www.foxnews.com /story/0,2933,172527,00.html   (2461 words)

  
 TomPaine.com - Legacy Of An Exxon CEO
Exxon Mobil is sending retiring CEO and chair, Lee Raymond, off to his golden years with one of the most lavish exit packages in history, a bonanza worth an estimated $398 million total, according to news reports last week.
Raymond remains the board vice chair at the American Enterprise Institute, the neoconservative think tank that pushed the now-discredited case for war in Iraq.
Lee Raymond’s years at Exxon have also left a terrible legacy of social and environmental destruction only partly catalogued in shareholder resolutions over the years.
www.tompaine.com /articles/2006/04/17/legacy_of_an_exxon_ceo.php   (1177 words)

  
 Lee Raymond
Lee F. Raymond has been the chairman ExxonMobil since 1993.
Raymond has been the target of fierce criticism from environmental groups for his stances on global warming and his opposition to the Kyoto protocol.
CNBC's Maria Bartiromo sits down with ExxonMobil's Lee Raymond to discuss Iraq, the company's oil exploration business, and gas and oil prices.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/le/Lee_Raymond.html   (88 words)

  
 $144,573 A Day for Exxon’s Lee Raymond at Oil Change
During his tenure as one of the world’s most powerful oilmen, Lee Raymond who retired as Exxon’s Chief Executive last December, was vilified by environmentalists for his stance on climate change.
Raymond was paid more than $686 million from 1993 to 2005.
Now, if you are fretting that Lee’s going to have to tighten his belt a little in retirement – he is still going to be paid $1 million a year by Exxon as a consultant.
priceofoil.org /2006/04/18/144573-a-day-for-exxons-lee-raymond   (298 words)

  
 What's At Stake: Don't Let Exxon Decide Our Energy future!
Bodman to remove the study from the purview of Lee Raymond and the National Petroleum Council and give it to a body with a proven record of producing fair and balanced policy recommendations, such as the National Academy of Sciences.
Raymond is unquestionably the worst choice for leading a study on resolving America’s energy crisis.
As chair of the study, Lee Raymond was granted the power to determine the study’s layout and leadership.
ga3.org /campaign/lee_raymond/explanation   (1477 words)

  
 Greenpeace Statement on Retirement of ExxonMobil Chairman, Lee Raymond | Greenpeace USA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Raymond’s Exxon is the laggard of the corporate community when it comes to the issue of global warming and it is now way behind the curve of corporate responsibility on this pressing issue.
“With Raymond’s departure, we hope that Exxon will seize the opportunity to take a new stance on the urgency of global warming, accept the scientific consensus as have Shell and British Petroleum, and help lead the world to a clean energy future.
“What remains undisclosed on his official resume, is the fact that Raymond ran the anti-global warming policy efforts of the American Petroleum Institute for many years and also served on the Board of Trustees of the neo-conservative think tank the American Enterprise Institute (AEI).
www.greenpeace.org /usa/press/releases/raymond-retires   (286 words)

  
 Exxon pension: How much is too much? - Business - International Herald Tribune
Raymond received a compensation package worth about $140 million last year, including cash, stock, options and a pension plan.
Raymond owned 3.26 million restricted shares of Exxon Mobile worth a total of $183 million as of Dec. 31.
Raymond also owns 4.15 million options that hold a potential value of $69.6 million.
www.iht.com /articles/2006/04/16/business/exxon.php   (533 words)

  
 ENN - Environmental News Network [[ ENN Sustainable Economy News ]]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Raymond denied having any role in formulating his $52 million 2005 pay package, the $98.4 million lump sum retirement payment he received when he left ExxonMobil on Dec. 31, or any other compensation he received over his 43-year career with Exxon.
Raymond defended the large payout, saying that it was Exxon's policy that employees' pay and incentive payments were supposed to reflect the performance of the company.
According to his view of the oil industry, Raymond may well have picked the best time to retire, as he continues to believe that the current oil price environment is unsustainable and an eventual fall in prices is inevitable.
www.enn.com /biz.html?id=1362   (674 words)

  
 New York Daily News - Home - The tank runneth over for Exxon boss   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Lee Raymond, 67, pictured during a 2002 meeting with media in Houston, hit the retirement jackpot when he got a whopping $356 million package.
Exxon Mobil's former chairman Lee Raymond drove off into the sunset earlier this year with a staggering $356 million retirement package - leaving motorists fuming.
Raymond spent 43 years at Exxon, the last 12 as chairman of the oil giant.
www.nydailynews.com /front/story/409061p-346184c.html   (545 words)

  
 Exxon Mobil Corporation Chairman and Chief Executive Lee Raymond conferred the Public Service Star by Singapore ...
Raymond's instrumental role in the development of Singapore's oil and petrochemical industries over the past decade.
Lee R. Raymond has played an instrumental role in the development of Singapore’s oil and petrochemical industries over the past decade.
Raymond served as a member of the Singapore-US Business Council, participating in the council’s efforts and activities to promote closer bilateral business cooperation between the two countries.
www.exxonmobil.com /AP-English/News/SG_news_051104.asp   (467 words)

  
 BlueClimate: Exxon's Lee Raymond to Investigate Peak Oil   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The Wall Street Journal is reporting (subscription required) that Lee Raymond, the retired head of Exxon Mobil, will head up a National Petroleum Council (NPC) effort to investigate peak oil claims.
The second thing that bothered me is the choice of Lee Raymond to head this effort.
Raymond, who is leading the U.S. oil study, said in an interview last week.
www.blueclimate.com /blueclimate/2006/09/exxons_lee_raym.html   (624 words)

  
 Amazon.com: "Lee Raymond": Key Phrase page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Lee Raymond, the chairman of ExxonMobil, has the answer: "Energy is the biggest business in the world.
In front is a podium raised to an unnatural height, where Lee Raymond,...
In front is a podium raised to an unnatural height, where Lee Raymond, chairman and CEO of ExxonMobil Corporation, announces the company's recent triumphs and outlines its strategy going forward.
www.amazon.com /phrase/Lee-Raymond   (591 words)

  
 Resource Investor - Energy - ExxonMobil Chairman-CEO Lee Raymond to Retire
Raymond, 66, has been with the company and its predecessor Exxon Corp. for 42 years, with half of that time spent as a director.
Raymond oversaw the November 1999 merger of Exxon and Mobil Corp.
Raymond joined Exxon in 1963 after he received his doctorate in chemical engineering from the University of Minnesota.
www.resourceinvestor.com /pebble.asp?relid=11803   (846 words)

  
 Lee F. Raymond, Exxon Mobil
But in 2000, Raymond, 62, found himself caught in the limelight that he has spent his career avoiding.
Under Raymond, a PhD chemical engineer named chairman and CEO in 1994, the company has set new standards of capital and cost efficiency in an industry that has been careening from boom to bust for more than a century.
In 1999, Raymond boldly switched to expansion mode with the $85 billion acquisition of Mobil Corp. With the assimilation of Mobil now well in hand, Raymond is attempting to substantially boost Exxon's output of oil and gas--no small task for a company that already outproduces many OPEC nations.
www.businessweek.com /2001/01_02/b3714013.htm   (279 words)

  
 Columns: CEO pay eclipses ridiculous
Unrealized gains on these options are valued at $1.6-billion, making McGuire the billion-dollar man. It has been alleged that the timing of McGuire's awards may have been back-dated to make his options more profitable.
Lee Raymond of ExxonMobil is CEO Public Enemy No. 1 these days since his astonishing retirement and pay packages are coming to light at the same time the nation is struggling with gasoline prices heading north of $3 a gallon.
It was good news when Carly Fiorina broke the glass ceiling for women to become CEO of a major tech company.
www.sptimes.com /2006/04/24/Columns/CEO_pay_eclipses_ridi.shtml   (899 words)

  
 Jim Hightower | LEE RAYMOND'S GOLDEN YEARS
Last year, with a veritable gusher of oil profits flooding into the coffers of Exxon Mobil, CEO Lee Raymond moaned that he really didn't know what to do with so much money.
Lee retired at the end of last year, and he cashed out bigger than any bank robber in history.
In addition to salting away a goldmine for his golden years, Raymond also got Exxon to pick up his country club fees while in retirement.
jimhightower.com /node/5795   (559 words)

  
 Bidding a fond farewell to ExxonMobil CEO Lee Raymond | By David Roberts | Grist | Soapbox | 05 Aug 2005
Bidding a fond farewell to ExxonMobil CEO Lee Raymond
Raymond, but anticipate we all will, so on the occasion of your retirement we offer this modest encomium to your many accomplishments.
You have remained like unto a mighty rock, unswayed by passing fads and fashions.
www.grist.org /comments/soapbox/2005/08/05/roberts-raymond   (520 words)

  
 Raymond L. Lee, Jr.
Berry, M. Dennis, and R. Lee, Jr., “ Polarization singularities in the clear sky,” New Journal of Physics 6 (9 November, # 162), 14 pp.
2001 J. Hernández-Andrés, R. Lee, Jr., J. Romero, and J. Nieves, “ Color and spectral analysis of daylight in southern Europe,” Journal of the Optical Society of America A 18, 1325-1335.
2001 J. Hernández-Andrés, R. Lee, Jr., and J. Romero, “ Colorimetric and spectroradiometric characteristics of narrow field-of-view clear skylight in Granada, Spain,” Journal of the Optical Society of America A 18, 412-420.
www.usna.edu /Users/oceano/raylee/RLL_cv.html   (1808 words)

  
 Foxes, Henhouses, and Lee Raymond at Oil Change
Former ExxonMobil CEO Lee Raymond, of all people, has been picked to lead a study to assess “the potential contribution of conservation, efficiency, alternative energy sources, and technology advances” to our future energy needs and determine “the potential long term impact of alternative energies that are plentiful, affordable, reliable and transportable.”
Department of Energy Under-Secretary David Garman argued in a presentation in June (pdf) that the NPC is “well qualified to provide a balanced and informed perspective on strategies and action affecting the energy future for both the U.S. and for every country on earth.”
So, if their sole purpose is to represent the oil and natural gas industry why are they conducting a study to determine “the potential long term impact of alternative energies that are plentiful, affordable, reliable and transportable.”??!!
priceofoil.org /2006/10/24/foxes-henhouses-and-lee-raymond   (451 words)

  
 Big Rise in Profit Puts Oil Giants on Defensive
In a file photo Exxon Mobil Corp. Chairman and CEO Lee Raymond laughs during a news conference in Dallas, Wednesday, May 25, 2005.
But in a sign that oil companies are making more money than they can plow back into their business, Exxon returned $6.8 billion to shareholders either by buying back shares or paying dividends.
In an interview on Fox News 10 days ago, Lee R. Raymond, Exxon's chief executive, sought to quell some of the criticism.
www.commondreams.org /headlines05/1028-01.htm   (1634 words)

  
 Lee Raymond: Exit Interview
When Exxon Mobil (XOM) on Jan. 30 reported the most mind-blowing gains ever racked up by a public company in a single year, howls of outrage were heard in Washington, and the pundits pounced.
But it was just Lee Raymond's way of saying so long, and thanks for the memories.
I caught up with Lee twice over the course of the past month or so, and this interview is distilled from those talks.
www.businessweek.com /magazine/content/06_08/b3972136.htm   (836 words)

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