A Career Forged In Steel

Daniel R. DiMicco became the CEO of Nucor Corporation in 2000 and the Chairman in 2006. You can say his whole career has been forged in steel. From his college education to his professional life all has been focused on the steel industry.

Dan got his B.S. in Engineering, Metallurgy and Material Science from Brown University in 1972. He then obtained his M.S. in Metallurgy and Material Science from the University of Pennsylvania in 1975.

Dan first worked in 1975 for Republic Steel Corporation in Cleveland, Ohio. He was a research metallurgist and project leader.  In 1982 Dan moved to Nucor Steel in Plymouth, Utah as Plant Metallurgist and Manager of Quality Control.  He became Melting and Casting Manager at the Utah division in 1998 and his star has been rising in the company ever since.

Dan held the position of President from 2000 to 20011. His tenure has been marked with unmatched period of growth in company history.  He has also been active on the political front pointing out in many forums the need for fair trade practices that should be applied to foreign steel manufacturers as well.

The big steel producers in the world are no longer American companies.  Nucor holds the distinction of being the largest steel manufacturer in the U.S. and the world’s number one steel recycler.  Among the technological innovations implemented under Dan’s stewardship was the “micro” mill introduced in 2002. This is a smaller mill with fewer steps to produce steel sheets at a lesser cost and producing must lesser greenhouse gases.

Dan is very much into regaining America’s lost glory in the steel industry.