James Chao

Mr. Chao has been Senior Chairman of the Board of Directors of our general partner since July 2024, a director since our general partner's formation in March 2014 and served as Chairman of the Board from July 2014 to July 2024. Additionally, Mr. Chao has been Westlake Corporation's Senior Chairman of the Board of Directors since July 2024 and became a director in June 2003. From July 2004 to July 2024, Mr. Chao served as Westlake’s Chairman of the Board and from May 1996 to July 2004, he served as Westlake's Vice Chairman. Mr. Chao has over 45 years of global experience in the chemical industry. From June 2003 until November 2010, Mr. Chao was the executive chairman of Titan Chemicals Corp. Bhd. He has served as a Special Assistant to the Chairman of China General Plastics Group and worked in various financial, managerial and technical positions at Mattel Incorporated, Developmental Bank of Singapore, Singapore Gulf Plastics Pte. Ltd. and Gulf Oil Corporation. Mr. Chao, along with his brother, Albert Chao, assisted their father, T.T. Chao, in founding Westlake. Mr. Chao received his B.S. degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an M.B.A. from Columbia University.