HESS JOHN B

John B. Hess is the long-tenured chief executive of Hess Corporation and serves as an independent director at The Goldman Sachs Group. He has held senior leadership at Hess since the 1970s and has previously served on public company boards, reflecting decades of executive and board experience.^[1]

Career Background

• Joined Hess in the late 1970s and was elected a company director in 1978; he later became CEO in the 1990s.^[1]
• Led Hess Corporation through strategic shifts focused on exploration and production and oversaw Hess’s midstream interests.^[1]
• Served previously as an independent director at major public companies, including the Dow Chemical Company and KKR-affiliated entities.^[1]

Current Positions

• Chief Executive Officer — Hess Corporation (long-serving CEO and principal executive of the company).^[1]
• Independent Director — The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (member of board committees as disclosed in the company filing).^[2]

SEC Filing Context

• Acts as a reporting person on SEC insider filings; public EDGAR records show numerous Form 4 submissions associated with his reporting profile, reflecting active disclosure activity.^[3]
• Public filings and company disclosures document his long-standing executive role at Hess and his board service at other public companies.^[1]