The Operator
Execution, delivery and performance, gets the hard thing done.
Mike Wirth reads as The Operator because he runs Chevron with the precision of a leader who came up through engineering and refining rather than finance or strategy consulting. He has steered one of the world's largest energy companies through oil price collapses, a global pandemic, and the energy transition debate, delivering in each environment.
“If you go back to the beginning of time when it was biomass and then coal and we saw oil and gas and nuclear and hydro and wind and solar and all the other things, you've never actually seen any of those sources of energy decline in terms of absolute demand.”
“Attractive investment destination, they've reformed several different aspects of their policy environment to attract more investment. And so we see it around the world where we're in Israel right now as a result of the noble acquisition. We've made some discoveries offshore Egypt.”
“And how do you do that in a long term contract that's durable, you had pretty sophisticated entities that you're talking to, all of whom are very carefully thinking about signing any kind of a long-term agreement because there's not a business model that's been established, there's not contracts you can go by and say this works, this has…”
“And they like to solve problems, and they like to build things. And yeah, some of the new energy technology is very interesting and intriguing to a lot of the young people, but solving our core problems and challenges around the world and building things around the world is also exciting to young people.”
The David Rubenstein Show: “Mike Wirth”
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