Vicki Hollub — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

President and CEO of Occidental Petroleum since April 2016.
First woman to lead a major American oil company.
Began her career in 1981 with Cities Service, which Occidental Petroleum acquired in 1982.
Led Occidental's expansion in the Permian Basin starting in 2005.
Earned a B.S. in mineral engineering from the University of Alabama in 1981.

Biography

Vicki Hollub is the President and CEO of Occidental Petroleum, a position she has held since April 2016. She is recognized as the first woman to lead a major American oil company. Hollub began her career in 1981 with Cities Service, an oil and gas company that Occidental Petroleum Corporation acquired in 1982.

Throughout her extensive career with Occidental, Hollub held various technical and management positions across the United States, Russia, Venezuela, and Ecuador.