COMPANY

History of this company is complex. Its roots go back to 1912 with the formation of Cellonit Gesellschaft Dreyfus & Co. in Basel, Switzerland. After machinations filling most of the 20th century, Celanese AG is spun off from Hoechst AG in 1999 and traded on the New York Stock Excahnge as CZ. The private investment firm Blackstone Group acquired Celanese AG in 2004 and merged it with other interests, including Acetex Corporation. After restructuring the new firm was issued as an IPO in 2005, listed as CE.

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

Industry:
Chemical

Ticker:
NYSE:CE

Corporate headquarters:
Dallas, TX

Sales:
$6B (2005)

Employees:
9300

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
John N. Lauer	Business	c. 1939		CEO of Oglebay Norton, 1997-2002
Sandra Beach Lin	Business	c. 1958		EVP at Celanese
John Macomber	Business	13-Jan-1928		JDM Investment Group
David N. Weidman	Business	23-May-1955		CEO of Celanese

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
James E. Barlett	Business	c. 1943		Vice Chairman, TeleTech Holdings
David F. Hoffmeister	Business	c. 1954		CFO of Invitrogen
Martin G. McGuinn	Business	c. 1942		CEO of Mellon Financial, 1999-2006
Paul O'Neill	Government	4-Dec-1935		US Treasury Secretary, 2001-02
Mark C. Rohr	Business	c. 1951		CEO of Albemarle
Daniel S. Sanders	Business	c. 1939		ExxonMobil Chemical Co.
Farah M. Walters	Business	1945		CEO of UHHS, 1992-2002
David N. Weidman	Business	23-May-1955		CEO of Celanese
John K. Wulff	Business	c. 1949		CFO of Union Carbide, 1996-2001

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Chinh E. Chu	Business	c. 1966		Managing Director, Blackstone Group
John Macomber	Business	13-Jan-1928		JDM Investment Group
James A. Quella	Business	c. 1950		Blackstone Group

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Richard Adler	Songwriter	3-Aug-1921	21-Jun-2012	Damn Yankees
Isaiah Tidwell	Business	c. 1945		EVP at Wachovia, 1996-2005

EXTRANEOUS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Ron Sommer	Business	29-Jul-1949		Chairman of Deutsche Telekom, 1995-2002

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