Biography

John B. Hess is Chief Executive Officer of Hess Corporation. Mr. Hess led the Fortune 500 company through a strategic transformation from an integrated oil company into a global independent E&P company positioned to deliver significant value to shareholders while safely and responsibly producing oil and gas to help meet the world’s growing energy needs. Mr. Hess is a member of the Board of Directors of Goldman Sachs, the Board of Trustees at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and Chairman of the Board of the American Petroleum Institute. He previously served on the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board Quadrennial Review Task Force. Mr. Hess is also a member of The Business Council, the Trilateral Commission and the Council on Foreign Relations. In addition, he serves on the Board of Directors of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and on the Board of Trustees at Mount Sinai Hospital and The Economic Club of New York.

Mr. Hess holds a bachelor’s degree from Harvard College and an MBA from the Harvard Business School. A member of the Board of Dean’s Advisors at Harvard Business School, he was also Chairman of the Harvard Business School Campaign.