- Riley P. Bechtel
Riley P. Bechtel (CBE) is the chairman and CEO of the
Bechtel Corporation . He is the great-grandson ofWarren A. Bechtel , the founder of the company. His father isStephen Bechtel, Jr. , the former chairman and CEO of the company. With a net worth of over $2.5 billion, Riley Bechtel is consistently ranked in the top 200 richest people in the U.S. and the top 500 richest people in the world by Forbes Magazine. [ [http://www.forbes.com/richlist2002/LIRQGCP.html?passListId=54&passYear=2002&passListType=Person&uniqueId=QGCP&datatype=Person Forbes #50, Bechtel, Riley P] ]He received a bachelor's degree in
Political Science andPsychology from theUniversity of California, Davis . After obtaining hisJD/MBA fromStanford University in 1977 [ [http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/mba/alumni/prominent_alumni.html Prominent Alumni] ] , Bechtel worked for the law firm of Thelen, Marrin, Johnson & Bridges. He joined Bechtel full-time in 1981, was elected President and COO in March 1989, and became CEO in June 1990. In January 1996 he also became Chairman of Bechtel.Mr. Bechtel is a director of the following companies:
*The International Council of
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (since 1995)
*TheFremont Group (owned by the Bechtel corporation)
** and The Fremont Group, in turn runs Trinity Ventures, LP
*Fremont Investors, Inc. (owned by the Bechtel corporation)
*Sequoia Ventures, Inc. (limited partner of Bechtel corporation)He is also a member of the
Trilateral Commission and has been appointed to the President's Export Council byGeorge W. Bush .Bechtel resides in California with his wife Susan. He is a member of the exclusive, all-male
Bohemian Club in San Francisco and attends its annual encampment, theBohemian Grove .References
External links
* [http://www.bechtel.com/riley_p_bechtel.html Corporate bio]
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