Mr. Chao has been Executive Chairman of the Board since July 2024, a director since our general partner's formation in March 2014 and served as President and Chief Executive Officer from Mach 2014 to July 2024. Additionally, Mr. Chao has been Westlake's Executive Chairman of the Board since July 2024 and a director since June 2003. From May 1996 to July 2024, Mr. Chao served as Westlake’s President and, from July 2004 to July 2024, he served as Westlake's Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Chao has over 40 years of global experience in the chemical industry. In 1985, Mr. Chao assisted his father, T.T. Chao, and his brother, James Y. Chao, in founding Westlake. He has held positions in the Controller's Group of Mobil Oil Corporation, in the Technical Department of Hercules Incorporated, in the Plastics Group of Gulf Oil Corporation and has served as Assistant to the Chairman of China General Plastics Group and Deputy Managing Director of a plastics fabrication business in Singapore. Mr. Chao is a trustee emeritus of Rice University. Mr. Chao received a bachelor's degree from Brandeis University and an M.B.A. from Columbia University.
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