William Pate

William Pate is a Chief Executive Officer of Par Pacific Holdings, Inc.(PARR)

Mr. Pate joined Par Pacific as a member of the Board of Directors in 2014 and was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Par Pacific in October 2015. Prior to joining Par Pacific as CEO, William Pate was the Co-President of Equity Group Investments, the Chicago-based private investment firm founded and led by Sam Zell, where he had been employed in various capacities since 1994. Mr. Pate has served on the boards of directors of Covanta Holding Corporation, Exterran Holdings, Inc., Adams Respiratory Therapeutics, MiddleBrook Pharmaceuticals and CNA Surety Corp., as well as those of several private companies associated with Equity Group Investments. Mr. Pate began his professional career at The First Boston Corporation as a financial analyst in the natural resources mergers and acquisitions group. Subsequently, he was employed as an associate at The Blackstone Group where he worked on private equity investments and merger advisory assignments.