Fu Chengyu | |
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Born | June 1951 Heilongjiang, China |
Nationality | Chinese |
Education | University of Southern California (Master's), Northeast China Institute of Electric Power Engineering (Bachelor's) |
Occupation | Businessman |
Fu Chengyu (Chinese: 傅成玉; pinyin: Fù Chéngyù) is the Chairman of China Petroleum and Chemical Corp (Sinopec), the largest Asian refiner. He previously worked at the China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), which foresaw a five-fold increase in its profits during his presence.
Fu was born in 1951, and is a Chinese citizen of Han ethnicity. He graduated from the Northeastern University (China), and received a master's degree in petroleum engineering from the University of Southern California. He later studied at Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business. In December 2014, Fu was named among the most influential people in the shipping industry according to Lloyds List.
His early experiences in the oil industry were at the Daqing, Liaohe and Huabei oilfields.
Beginning with 1983, Fu has been Chairman of the Management Committees of joint ventures between China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) and major international petroleum companies including Amoco, Chevron, Texaco, Phillips, Shell and Agip.
In 1994 he became Deputy General Manager of CNOOC Nanhai East Corporation and Vice President of Phillips Asia Inc. A year later he was appointed General Manager of the Xijiang Development Project.