Lee Raymond

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Lee Roy Raymond (August 13, 1938 – June 6, 2026) was an American businessman who was the chief executive officer (CEO) and chairman of ExxonMobil from 1999 to 2005. He had previously been the CEO of Exxon from 1993. He joined the company in 1963 and served as president from 1987 and a director beginning in 1984. While at Exxon, Raymond was one of the most outspoken executives in the United States against regulation to curtail global warming. While Exxon cast doubt on climate change in public, its internal research pointed to the role of human activity in climate change and the dangers of climate change which was characterized in the PBS Frontline three-part documentary The Power of Big Oil.

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