Trump picks Rex Tillerson as secretary of state

December 13, 2016 09:22

United States President-elect Donald Trump has settled on Rex W. Tillerson, the chief executive of Exxon Mobil, to be his secretary of state, The New York Times reports.

Trump announced the selection on Tuesday morning.

Tillerson, a deal maker, has spent the past four decades at Exxon, much of it in search of oil and gas agreements in troubled parts of the world.

A native of Wichita Falls, Texas, who speaks with a strong Texas twang, Tillerson, 64, runs a company with operations in about 50 countries, cutting deals to expand business in Venezuela, Qatar, Kurdistan and elsewhere.

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