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Lee Raymond, Exxon CEO Who Doubted Climate Change, Dies at 87

He led ExxonMobil through the Mobil merger, record profits and major safety reforms while becoming a leading climate skeptic, critics said.

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(Bloomberg) — Lee Raymond, the former head of Exxon Mobil Corp. who oversaw the biggest corporate merger in the history of the oil industry and was derided as “the Darth Vader of global warming” for his skepticism toward climate change, has died. He was 87.

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Exxon CEO Lee Raymond, the ‘Darth Vader of global warming’, dies at 87

The former head of Exxon Mobil oversaw the oil industry’s biggest corporate merger and brandished hostility towards climate-change activism.

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Financial Post broke the news in Canada on Wednesday, June 10, 2026.
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