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Chief Executive Officer and President

Valero Energy is an oil and gas company that manufactures and marketes transportation fuels, other petrochemical products, and power.

Joe Gorder was named President and Chief Executive Officer at Valero Energy Corporation on May 1, 2014. Previously, he had served as President and Chief Operating Officer, overseeing all operations, commercial trading and related activity for the company, including Refining, Crude and Feedstock Supply and Trading, Products Supply and Trading, Wholesale Marketing, Logistics Operations, Commercial Business Development, Transportation and Specialty Products Marketing. In addition, he was responsible for all business activity and operations of Valero’s assets in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Prior to that position, Gorder served as Valero’s Executive Vice President-Europe and Executive Vice President-Marketing and Supply, following tenure as Senior Vice President for Corporate Development and Strategic Planning. Before joining Valero, he held the positions of Vice President of Business Development for Ultramar Diamond Shamrock, and Director of Commercial/Industrial Sales, Assistant Treasurer and Director of Information Systems for Diamond Shamrock. Gorder earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Missouri-St. Louis and a master’s degree in business administration from Our Lady of the Lake University.