COMPANY

Energy exploration and refining, founded 1920 as Amerada Corporation. It changed its name to Amerada Petroleum Corporation in 1941, and in 1969 merged with Hess Oil and Chemical (founded 1925). Name changed to Hess in 2006.

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

Industry:
Energy

Ticker:
NYSE:AHC (defunct)

Corporate headquarters:
New York City

Sales:
$14.3B (2003)

Employees:
11000 (2003)

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
J. Barclay Collins II	Business	21-Oct-1944		General Counsel for Hess Corporation
John B. Hess	Business	5-Apr-1954		CEO of Amerada Hess
John J. O'Connor	Business	c. 1945		EVP at Hess Corporation
F. Borden Walker	Business	c. 1953		EVP at Hess Corporation

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Nicholas F. Brady	Government	11-Apr-1930		US Secretary of the Treasury, 1988-93
J. Barclay Collins II	Business	21-Oct-1944		General Counsel for Hess Corporation
John B. Hess	Business	5-Apr-1954		CEO of Amerada Hess
Edith E. Holiday	Attorney	14-Feb-1952		Attorney, former US Treasury official
Thomas H. Kean	Politician	21-Apr-1935		Governor of New Jersey, 1982-90
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey	Doctor	1954		Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Craig G. Matthews	Business	c. 1943		COO of KeySpan, 1999-2002
John H. Mullin III	Business	1941		Former Partner, Dillon Read & Co.
John J. O'Connor	Business	c. 1945		EVP at Hess Corporation
Frank A. Olson	Business	19-Jul-1932		CEO of Hertz Corporation, 1977-99
Ernst H. von Metzsch	Business	c. 1940		Manager of Wellington Fund, 1995-2002
F. Borden Walker	Business	c. 1953		EVP at Hess Corporation
Robert N. Wilson	Business	c. 1941		Vice Chairman of Johnson & Johnson, 1989-2003

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Richard A. Kassar	Business	c. 1948		CEO of Freshpet

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