Vicki Hollub (born 1960) is an American businesswoman and mineral engineer.[1][3][4] She has been the president and CEO of Occidental Petroleum since April 2016,[5][1][6] when she became the first woman heading a major American oil company.[7]
Vicki Hollub was born in 1960[8][1][4] in Birmingham, Alabama[9] and graduated in 1977 from McAdory High School.[10] She attended the University of Alabama, where in 1981 she earned[10] a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in mineral engineering[5] with a concentration in fuels and mineral resources.[10] Hollub was also in the 2016 class of Distinguished Engineering Fellows from the University of Alabama College of Engineering.[5]
Occidental Petroleum Corporation (often abbreviated Oxy in reference to its ticker symbol) is a company engaged in hydrocarbon exploration in the United States, the Middle East, and Colombia as well as petrochemical manufacturing in the United States, Canada, and Chile. It is organized in Delaware and headquartered in Houston. The company is ranked 722nd on the Forbes Global 2000[2] and 220th on the Fortune 500.[3]
In 2018, the company was the 9th largest petroleum producer in Texas.[4]
