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Westlake insider: Albert Chao

       

Albert Chao - Westlake Insider Profile

CEO and President Director, Member of Nominating and Governance Committee, Member of Compensation Committee and Member of Corporate Risk Committee

Mr. Albert Y. Chao is President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of Westlake Chemical Corporationration Mr. Chao was President since May 1996 and a director since June 2003. Mr. Chao became Chief Executive Officer in July 2004. Mr. Chao has over 35 years of global experience in the chemical industry. He has held positions in the Controller?s Group of Mobil Oil Corporationrationration, in the Technical Department of Hercules Incorporated, in the Plastics Group of Gulf Oil Corporationrationration 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 of Rice University
Age: 63  CEO Since 2004  MBA    
713-960-9111  http://www.westlake.com
Albert Chao Education
Chao received a bachelor?s degree from Brandeis University and an M.B.A. from Columbia University.

Management Efficency

The company has Return on Asset of 11.5 % which means that on every $100 spent on asset it made $11.5 of profit. This is considered to be average in the sector. In the same way, it shows return on shareholders equity (ROE) of 21.25 % implying that it generated $21.25 on every 100 dollars invested.
The company has 763.76 M in debt with debt to equity (D/E) ratio of 0.41 which is OK given its current industry classification. Westlake Chemical Corp has Current Ratio of 4.3 demonstrating that it is liquid and is capable to disburse its financial commitments when the payables are due.
    

Other Executives

James Chao, Chairman, MBA
Andrew Kenner, President
M Bender, President
Robert Buesinger, President
Lawrence Teel, President
Steven CPA, CFO
David Hansen, SVP
Donald Condon, SVP
Jeffrey Taylor, SVP
Max Lukens, Director, MBA
E Barnett, Director
Robert Blakely, Director, MBA
Dorothy Jenkins, Director
H Riley, Director
Stephen Wallace, VP
George Mangieri, VP

Entity Summary

Westlake Chemical Corporationration manufactures and markets basic chemicals, vinyls, polymers, and fabricated building products. Westlake Chemical Corp [WLK] is traded on New York Stock Exchange in USA. It is located in Houston, TX and employs 1,895 people. Filter other
    
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WLK United States NYSE
Westlake Chemical Corp
Benchmark S&P 500
Currency: USD - US Dollar
Traded on New York Stock Exchange
    
    
Chance of
Bankruptcy
Less
Than
13%
In The Next
Two Years
Westlake Chemical Corp has less than 13.0 (%) percent chance of experiencing financial distress in the next 2 years of operations.
    
    

Westlake price boundaries

    
May 01 2013
 82.76 
  
 78.62 
(4.14)  Macroaxis: -5.002416626389561 Down   5.00%  
Lowest period price (30 days)
May 21 2013
 93.01 
  
 93.82 
0.81  Macroaxis: 0.8708740995591743 Up   0.87%  
Highest period price (30 days)
    

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Stock Performance

Shares Outstanding66.9 M
Number of Shares Shorted3.4 M


 
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