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Occidental Petroleum CEO Hollub set to step down later this year
Vicki Hollub ends over 40 years at Occidental Petroleum, handing leadership to COO Richard Jackson during a planned transition after major strategic shifts under her tenure.
- Occidental Petroleum CEO Vicki Hollub is preparing to retire later this year, ending more than four decades at the Houston-based oil producer where she became the first woman to lead a major American oil company.
- Hollub's tenure was defined by the 2019 acquisition of Anadarko Petroleum for $55 billion, a debt-fueled deal involving $10 billion from Berkshire Hathaway that activist Carl Icahn called "egregious."
- Under her leadership, the company shifted toward oil and gas production, including the $12 billion purchase of CrownRock in 2024 and a $9.7 billion chemicals business divestment completed earlier this year.
- Richard Jackson, who joined Occidental in 2003, is primed to succeed Hollub as CEO, continuing the company's trend of promoting insiders and mirroring Hollub's own 2016 elevation.
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Occidental Petroleum (NYSE:OXY) has announced a CEO succession, with longtime chief executive Vicki Hollub retiring from the role. Chief Operating Officer Richard Jackson is set to assume the CEO position, while Hollub will remain involved as a board member and advisor. The leadership transition marks a major change at the top after more than four decades of Hollub's tenure with the company. For investors watching Occidental Petroleum at a share…
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