Celanese

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Celanese

COMPANY

History of this company is complex. Its roots go back to 1912 with the formation of Cellonit Gesellschaft Dreyfus & Co. in Basel, Switzerland. After machinations filling most of the 20th century, Celanese AG is spun off from Hoechst AG in 1999 and traded on the New York Stock Excahnge as CZ. The private investment firm Blackstone Group acquired Celanese AG in 2004 and merged it with other interests, including Acetex Corporation. After restructuring the new firm was issued as an IPO in 2005, listed as CE.

Official Website:
http://www.celanese.com/

Industry:
Chemical

Ticker:
NYSE:CE

Corporate headquarters:
Dallas, TX

Sales:
$6B (2005)

Employees:
9300

EXECUTIVES

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

John N. Lauer Business c. 1939 CEO of Oglebay Norton, 1997-2002

Sandra Beach Lin Business c. 1958 EVP at Celanese

John Macomber Business 13-Jan-1928 JDM Investment Group

David N. Weidman Business 23-May-1955 CEO of Celanese

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

James E. Barlett Business c. 1943 Vice Chairman, TeleTech Holdings

David F. Hoffmeister Business c. 1954 CFO of Invitrogen

Martin G. McGuinn Business c. 1942 CEO of Mellon Financial, 1999-2006

Paul O'Neill Government 4-Dec-1935 US Treasury Secretary, 2001-02

Mark C. Rohr Business c. 1951 CEO of Albemarle

Daniel S. Sanders Business c. 1939 ExxonMobil Chemical Co.

Farah M. Walters Business 1945 CEO of UHHS, 1992-2002

David N. Weidman Business 23-May-1955 CEO of Celanese

John K. Wulff Business c. 1949 CFO of Union Carbide, 1996-2001

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Chinh E. Chu Business c. 1966 Managing Director, Blackstone Group

John Macomber Business 13-Jan-1928 JDM Investment Group

James A. Quella Business c. 1950 Blackstone Group

EMPLOYMENT

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Richard Adler Songwriter 3-Aug-1921 21-Jun-2012 Damn Yankees

Isaiah Tidwell Business c. 1945 EVP at Wachovia, 1996-2005

EXTRANEOUS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Ron Sommer Business 29-Jul-1949 Chairman of Deutsche Telekom, 1995-2002

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