Chip Goodyear

Early life

Charles Waterhouse Goodyear IV was born January 18, 1958 in Hartford, Connecticut. He is the son of Charles Waterhouse Goodyear III (born 1933), who was a Texas oil man that worked for Exxon Company International and later as a fuel products marketing manager for Exxon in Florham Park, NJ. , of Darien, Connecticut. Goodyear attended and graduated from Yale University in 1980 with a science degree in geology and geophysics. While at Yale, he rowed on the lightweight crew team. He also attended and received an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1983.

Career

After graduation in 1983, Goodyear began his career as an investment banker at Wall Street brokerage, Kidder Peabody, advising companies on mergers, acquisitions and financing. He 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. He was promoted to Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in 1995, ultimately leaving the firm 1997 to serve as President of "Goodyear Capital Corporation" until 1999.

In 1999, Goodyear joined BHP Billiton, the world’s largest diversified resources company, as Chief Financial Officer and served in that role until 2001 when he became the Chief Development Officer, which he held until 2003. In 2003, it was announced that Goodyear would succeed Brian Gilbertson as the Chief Executive Officer of BHP. Goodyear retired from BHP on September 30, 2007 and the BHP Group on January 1, 2008 and was succeeded by Marius Kloppers Goodyear was considered by Businessweek to have been the responsible for BHP Billiton's turn-around during the 2000s, when under his leadership as CEO sales increased by 47% and profits by 78%. Therefore, they placed him on top of their "Europe BW50 Leaders" list. Others, including consulting firm Deloitte, attributed BHP's success to rising global commodity prices.

On February 6, 2009, Temasek Holdings, which had a portfolio worth 185 billion Singapore dollars ($123 billion US dollars) at the time, announced his appointment as a Board member and CEO-designate, to commence on March 1, 2009, succeeding Ho Ching from October 1, 2009. He 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. Goodyear would have been the first foreign executive to run the Singaporean sovereign fund company, however, on July 21, 2009, the Temasek Board and Goodyear announced that they had mutually agreed that he would not be taking over as CEO, citing differences in opinions on strategy. Instead, Ho Ching continued in the position, while Goodyear stepped down on August 15, 2009.

As of September 2015, Goodyear is again the president of "Goodyear Capital Corporation" and "Goodyear Investment Company."

Personal life

On July 11, 1992, 34 year old Goodyear married 28 year old Elizabeth Morris Dabezies, the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Oliver H. Dabezies Jr. of New Orleans. Dr. Dabezies was an ophthalmologist in New Orleans and a clinical professor of ophthalmology at Tulane University. The Rev. Thomas Condon performed the Roman Catholic ceremony at the chapel of the Academy of the Sacred Heart in New Orleans, Louisiana. Elizabeth Dabezies graduated from the University of Alabama and worked as a leasing manager with the Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation, a real-estate firm in New Orleans. Together they have:

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

Volunteer and philanthropy

Goodyear served as a member of the Yale University Tomorrow Campaign Committee and currently serves on the President’s Council on International Activities and Chairman of the Jackson Institute Council and was named Successor Trustee of the Yale Corporation in 2011. Goodyear is also director of several private companies and is a member of the Prince's Charities Council in the United Kingdom.