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Darren W. Woods

Chair and Chief Executive Officer, Exxon Mobil

Since Jan 1, 2017.

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alpha:person:darren-w-woods
Record version
vpublic-0:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce, published Apr 21, 2026
Newest evidence
Apr 8, 2026
Monitoring
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Integrity
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Current role
Chair and Chief Executive OfficerSince Jan 1, 2017
Board seats
2Exxon Mobil, ExxonMobil Holdings Corp
Committee seats
0None published
Published claims
204 distinct sources
Evidence records
90 pinned
Source conflicts
0None open

Built from 4 distinct sources and 9 evidence records. Every Claim links to where it appears. Where nothing was published, the record states the coverage gap.

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DIRECTOR APPOINTED

Darren W. Woods seat on Exxon Mobil, effective 2017-01-01.

EffectiveEffective Jan 1, 2017E6

Monitoring

Continuous

What the published record states about identity, evidence, evaluation, monitoring, authority, and freshness. Watched-source schedules are not published for this record.

  • Identityunclaimed
    Published
  • Evidencecorroborated
    Published
  • Evaluationnot_evaluated
    Published
  • MonitoringNot yet published for this record.
    Not published
  • AuthorityNot yet published for this record.
    Not published
  • Freshnesscurrent
    Published

Board service

Evidence

Seats held as a director, as published in the cited sources.

Exxon Mobil CurrentChair and Chief Executive Officer, 2017 to presentOpen recordExxonMobil Holdings Corp CurrentChair, 2016 to presentOpen record
Professional RoleChair and Chief Executive Officer at Exxon Mobil
Source reportedE6
Professional RoleChair at ExxonMobil Holdings Corp
Source reportedE5
Board membershipServes on the board of Exxon Mobil
Board membershipServes on the board of ExxonMobil Holdings Corp
Board roleBoard role: Chair
Source reportedE1
Committee assignmentsCommittee assignments: Executive, Finance

Committee experience

Evidence

No published claims

Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.

Work experience

Evidence
  1. 2017 to present
    Chief Executive OfficerExxon Mobil
    E6
  2. Current · dates not published
    Chairman and Chief Executive OfficerExxon Mobil
    E2
  3. 2026 to end not published
    Executive title: Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive OfficerOrganization not published
    E3E7
  4. Dates not published
    Executive title: Chairman and Chief Executive OfficerOrganization not published
    E2
  5. Dates not published
    Executive title: Chairman & CEOOrganization not published
    E1

Education, credentials, and certifications

Evidence

No education, credentials, or certifications are published in this record.

No published claims

No education, credentials, or certifications are published in this record.

AI, cyber, and technology accountability

Evidence
AI and ML experienceAI and ML experience: not identified in the cited filing
AI expertiseAI expertise: not identified in the cited filing
AI governance relevanceAI governance relevance reported from role and filings
Technology backgroundTechnology background: not identified in the cited filing

Authority to act

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Officer of recordChair and Chief Executive Officer, Exxon Mobil, from Jan 1, 2017
Source reportedE6
Officer of recordChief Executive Officer, Exxon Mobil, from Jan 1, 2017
Source reportedE6
Officer of recordChair, ExxonMobil Holdings Corp, from Jan 1, 2016
Source reportedE5
Officer of recordChairman and Chief Executive Officer, Exxon Mobil
Source reportedE2
Authority to bind the companyNot assessedNo Alpha inference about signing authority or board-reserved matters is published for this record.
Not assessed
bind
AI agents acting on this authorityNot registered in the public RegistryAgent Deployments, Agent Use Cases, Authority Grants, TrustChecks, Action Ledger entries and Governance Receipts live in the private enterprise overlay. They are never projected into the public Registry without explicit cross-plane authorization. Absence here is a plane boundary, not evidence that the enterprise operates no agents.
Agent registry
agents
Delegations grantedNot disclosedBoard and officer delegation resolutions are not public filings and are not published in this record.
Search scope
delegations

Compensation and holdings

Evidence

No published claims

Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.

Conflicts and accountability

Evidence
Board independenceNot independent (executive director)

Other published claims

Evidence

Published Claims that belong to no section above. Each keeps its permalink, evidence, and assertion state.

Cybersecurity experienceCybersecurity experience: not identified in the cited filing
Executive companyExecutive at Exxon Mobil Corporation
Executive functionEnterprise Leadership (CEO)
ExperienceChief Executive Officer at Exxon Mobil (2017-01-01 · current)
Source reportedE8

Not yet in this record

Coverage

A gap is a coverage state, not a negative finding. These sections are expected for this entity class and are not yet published.

  • Only permissioned public claims and evidence are included.Only permissioned public claims and evidence are included.
  • Absence of a claim is not evidence that the underlying fact is false.Absence of a claim is not evidence that the underlying fact is false.
  • Public retrieval does not grant model-training or redistribution rights.Public retrieval does not grant model-training or redistribution rights.
  • Private relationships and Council activity are excluded.Private relationships and Council activity are excluded.

Subject and corrections

Public-role doctrine

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Basis
Public role at an organization in the published Registry
Sources
9 evidence records cited. 0 with redistribution rights.
Never published
Home address, family, personal contacts, health, and history unrelated to the public role
Profile claimed
No
Open disputes
0
Identity ownership
unclaimed
Claim this profileSuggest an edit

If the subject claims the profile, their statements appear as their own assertion state, subject attested. They never overwrite the evidence.

Evidence

Authority and rights
  1. E1
    SEC EDGAR. sec filing. Published Apr 8, 2026. Retrieved May 9, 2026. Cited by 7 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  2. E2
    sec def 14a. Published Apr 8, 2026. Retrieved Sep 14, 2026. Cited by 2 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  3. E3
    SEC EDGAR. sec filing. Published Feb 18, 2026. Retrieved May 9, 2026. Cited by 5 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  4. E4
    SEC EDGAR. sec filing. Published Apr 7, 2025. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 3 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  5. E5
    sec filing. Published Jan 1, 2016. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  6. E6
    sec proxy. Retrieved Sep 12, 2026. Cited by 2 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  7. E7
    XOM executive roster source
    SEC EDGAR. sec filing. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 5 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  8. E8
    public source. Cited by 2 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  9. E9
    public source. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned

What changed in version public-0:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce

vpublic-0:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce published Apr 21, 2026
  • Darren W. Woods seat on Exxon Mobil, effective 2017-01-01.
  • Darren W. Woods executive of Exxon Mobil, effective 2017-01-01.
  • Darren W. Woods seat on ExxonMobil Holdings Corp, effective 2016-01-01.
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