Lee Raymond

Lee Raymond (August 13, 1938 – June 6, 2026) was an American businessman, and the chief executive officer (CEO) and chairman of ExxonMobil from 1999 to 2005. He had previously been the CEO of Exxon since 1993. He joined the company in 1963 and was president from 1987 to 1993, and a director from 1996 to 2004. Quotes First, let's agree there's a lot we really don't know about how climate will change in the 21st century and beyond. That means we need to understand the issue better, and fortunately, we have time. It is highly unlikely that the temperature in the middle of the next century will be significantly affected whether policies are enacted now or 20 years from now.It also means it's bad public policy to impose very costly regulations and restrictions when their need has yet to be proven, their total impact undefined, and when nations are not prepared to act in concert. Speech before the World Petroleum Congress in Beijing, China, October 13, 1997 (Lee Raymond 1997 Exxon’s Lee Raymond Speech at World Petroleum Congress October 13, 1997 January 3, 2019 http://www.climatefiles.com/exxonmobil/1997-exxon-lee-raymond-speech-at-world-petroleum-congress/; Exxon CEO Lee Raymond's Stance On Global Warming Causes a Stir Thaddeus Herrick The Wall Street Journal August 29, 2001 January 3, 2019 https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB999035936679805198; Exxon's Own Research Confirmed Fossil Fuels' Role in Global Warming Decades Ago Neela Banerjee Lisa Song David Hasemyer September 16, 2015 http://insideclimatenews.org/news/15092015/Exxons-own-research-confirmed-fossil-fuels-role-in-global-warming InsideClimate News January 3, 2019; Imagine if Exxon had told the truth on climate change Bill McKibben Bill McKibben The Guardian October 28, 2015 January 3, 2019 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/oct/28/imagine-if-exxon-had-told-the-truth-on-climate-change) ...projections are based on completely unproven climate models, or, more often, on sheer speculation. At 1999 annual stockholders meeting (Los Angeles Times http://graphics.latimes.com/exxon-arctic/ What Exxon knew about the Earth's melting Arctic Sara Jerving Katie Jennings Masako Melissa Hirsch Susanne Rust October 9, 2015 January 3, 2019; The Nation Exxon Knew Everything There Was to Know About Climate Change by the Mid-1980s—and Denied It Bill McKibben Bill McKibben October 20, 2015 December 23, 2018 http://www.thenation.com/article/exxon-knew-everything-there-was-to-know-about-climate-change-by-the-mid-1980s-and-denied-it/) External links Category:1938 births Category:2026 deaths Category:Businesspeople from the United States Category:Chemical engineers from the United States Category:People from South Dakota