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John J. Ferriola<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Chairman<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

John Ferriola is the retired Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Nucor Corporation, the largest steel producer and recycler in North America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Ferriola led the nation\u2019s largest steelmaker for seven years from 2013 to 2019, during which Nucor earned more than $140 billion in revenue. In 2018, Nucor set then-company records for both gross revenue and profitability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Ferriola joined Nucor Corporation in 1991 as Manager of Maintenance and Engineering at the Jewett, Texas bar mill. In 1995, he was named General Manager of Nucor\u2019s Grapeland, Texas joist fabrication division. Later the same year, he was named Vice President and General Manager of Nucor\u2019s Norfolk, Nebraska bar mill. From 1998 to the end of 2001, he served as Vice President and General Manager of the Crawfordsville, Indiana sheet mill. In January 2002, John was appointed as Executive Vice President and in September 2007 he was named Chief Operation Officer of Steel Making Operations. He became President and Chief Operating Officer and a member of the board of directors in January 2011. In November 2012, Nucor announced that its board of directors had elected John to the position of Chief Executive Officer and President, effective January 1, 2013. He served as the company\u2019s CEO until his retirement at the end of 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to leading Nucor Corporation, Mr. Ferriola served on the board of directors for two Nucor joint ventures: Nucor-Yamato Steel Company and NuMit LLC. Mr. Ferriola also served as Chairman of both the World Steel Association and the American Iron & Steel Institute (AISI) and was on the executive committee for the board of directors of the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM). He has been active in the Association for Iron and Steel Technology (AIST) for over 20 years and previously served on its board of directors. In 2017, AISI awarded the prestigious Gary Memorial Medal to John Ferriola. He is also a recipient of AIST\u2019s Steel Maker of the Year award, receiving it in 2009, 2016 and again in 2020. He is the only individual to receive the award three times and to receive it in retirement for his collaboration with the White House to implement policies that benefited the U.S. Steel Industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prior to joining Nucor, John began his career with Bethlehem Steel Corporation in 1974 and worked for 17 years in various operating and management roles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

John graduated from the Maritime Academy, State University of New York with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering. In the spring of 2012, he received an honorary Doctorate from the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. In 2014, John was awarded a Doctor of Humane Letters from the State University of New York Maritime College.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

John J. Ferriola Chairman John Ferriola is the retired Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Nucor Corporation, the largest steel producer and recycler in North America. Mr. Ferriola led the nation\u2019s largest steelmaker for seven years from 2013 to 2019, during which Nucor earned more than $140 billion in revenue. In 2018, Nucor set […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-372","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/phillipscompaniesltd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/phillipscompaniesltd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/phillipscompaniesltd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phillipscompaniesltd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phillipscompaniesltd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=372"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/phillipscompaniesltd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":448,"href":"https:\/\/phillipscompaniesltd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/372\/revisions\/448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/phillipscompaniesltd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}