18 Facts About Chip Goodyear

Charles Waterhouse "Chip" Goodyear IV was born on January 18,1958 and is an American businessman and the former CEO of BHP.

Chip Goodyear is a member of the Goodyear family that had extensive business interests in lumber and railways, as well as significant philanthropic endeavors.

Charles Waterhouse Goodyear IV was born on January 18,1958, in Hartford, Connecticut.

Chip Goodyear graduated from Yale University in 1980 with a science degree in geology and geophysics.

Chip Goodyear received a Master of Business Administration from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1983.

Chip Goodyear left Kidder Peabody in 1989 as Vice President and joined Freeport-McMoRan, one of the world's largest producers of copper and gold, as Vice President - Corporate Finance.

Chip Goodyear was promoted to Executive Vice President and chief financial officer in 1995, ultimately leaving the firm in 1997 to serve as president of Goodyear Capital Corporation until 1999.

In 1999, Chip Goodyear joined BHP as chief financial officer based in London.

Chip Goodyear served in that role until 2001, when he became Chief Development Officer, a post he held until 2003.

In 2003 Chip Goodyear succeeded Brian Gilbertson as the chief executive officer of BHP relocating to Melbourne.

Chip Goodyear retired from BHP on September 30,2007 and was succeeded by Marius Kloppers.

Chip Goodyear was identified as a possible candidate for the top office in Temasek in 2007, when the Temasek Board began reviewing internal and external CEO candidates since early 2005.

Chip Goodyear would have been the first foreign executive to run the Singaporean sovereign fund company on July 21,2009, the Temasek Board and Chip Goodyear announced that they had mutually agreed that he would not be taking over as CEO, citing differences in opinions on strategy.

On July 11,1992,34-year-old Chip Goodyear married 28-year-old Elizabeth Dabezies at the chapel of the Academy of the Sacred Heart in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Chip Goodyear is a member of the National Petroleum Council and International Council on Mining and Metals.

Chip Goodyear served as a member of the Yale University Tomorrow Campaign Committee.

Chip Goodyear currently serves on the President's Council on International Activities and as Chairman of the Jackson Institute Council, and he was named Successor Trustee of the Yale Corporation in 2011.

Chip Goodyear is a director of several private companies and is a member of the Prince's Charities Council in the United Kingdom.