
Richard Adkerson
Chairman of the board of directors of Freeport-McMoRan
Education
- bachelor's degree in accounting - Mississippi State University
Overview
Richard Adkerson is the CEO of Freeport-McMoRan.
Adkerson started out as an accountant in the unpredictable oil and gas business throughout the 1970s before being offered his first role at Freeport in 1989. He was a partner and managing director at Arthur Andersen where he managed the company’s oil and gas industry division. Between 1976 and 1978, he was a professional accounting fellow with the Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, D.C.
Adkerson was the past chairman of the International Council on Mining and Metals and is currently a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, The Business Council, and the Business Roundtable. He serves on the advisory council of the Kissinger Institute on China and the United States and as a member of the Clinton Global Initiative.
He serves on the board of directors of the Arizona Commerce Authority, Greater Phoenix Leadership, and the Greater Phoenix Economic Council. He is vice chairman of the National World War II Museum, and also serves on the board of visitors of the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. Additionally, he is a member of the Mississippi State University Foundation’s board of directors.
The Phoenix Business Journal wrote in November 2014 that Adkerson made $55 million that year, ranking him as the third highest paid US executive.
Early Life
Richard Adkerson was born on 1947.
Career
- Freeport-McMoRan - CEO