David J. Lesar was born on May 30, 1953, in Madison, Wisconsin. He earned a bachelor of science and an MBA degree from the University of Wisconsin - Madison. A Certified Public Accountant Dave spend 16 years working with Arthur Andersen. He was a Partner at Arthur Andersen and served as Commercial Group Director of Arthur Andersen. Among the accounts he worked on was Halliburton, the energy giant. He would eventually join Halliburton.
He was an Executive Vice President of Finance and Administration for Halliburton Energy Services from December 1993 to June 1995. Dave was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Halliburton Company from June 1995 to June 1996. He was President in May 1997 and Chief Operating Officer from June 1997 to August 2000.
Dave became the Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Halliburton Company in August 2000.
He serves as a Director of the America Petroleum Institute. Dave serves as a Member of the Advisory Board of The British-American Business Council. He also served as a Director of Lyondell Chemical Company since July 28, 2000, and served as an Independent Director of Agrium Inc. from May 12, 2010, to May 6, 2015.
Publicly listed Halliburton was founded in 1919 by Erle P. Halliburton and is based in Houston, Texas. The firm offers services and products to the energy industry related to the exploration, development and production of oil and natural gas. It operates through two segments: Completion & Production and Drilling & Evaluation.
The Completion & Production segment delivers cementing, stimulation, intervention, pressure control, speciality chemicals, artificial lift, and completion services. This segment consists of Halliburton production enhancement, cementing, completion tools, boots & coots, multi-chem and artificial lift.
The Drilling & Evaluation segment provides field and reservoir modeling, drilling, evaluation, and wellbore placement solutions that enable customers to model, measure, and optimize their well construction activities. This segment consists of Halliburton drill bits and services, wireline and perforating, as well as Halliburton consulting and project management.
A company will sales in excess of $32 billion Dave leads a huge organization whose performance affect the lives and businesses of so many people.
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