James R Moffett

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Name:

James R Moffett

Industries:

Metals

2008 Compensation:

$25,432,829

Roles:

Chairman: Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc.

Lists:

#8	Highest Compensated Executives (2006)
#9	Highest Compensated Executives (2007)
#30	Highest Compensated Executives (2008)
#11	Highest Salaries (2006)
#20	Highest Salaries (2007)
#16	Highest Salaries (2008)

Mr. Moffett is the Chairman of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. and President Commissioner of its mining unit, PT Freeport Indonesia. Mr. Moffett also serves as Co-Chairman of the Board of McMoRan Exploration Co. (MMR).

From 1964 to 1969, Mr. Moffett was a consulting geologist. In 1969, he and two associates founded McMoRan Oil & Gas Co., which developed into one of America's leading independent oil and gas companies. In 1981, Mr. Moffett put together the merger of McMoRan Oil & Gas Co. and Freeport Minerals Company. The merger resulted in the establishment of a new company, Freeport-McMoRan Inc., which became one of the world's leading natural resource companies of which he served as Chairman and CEO from 1984 - 1997.

Mr. Moffett serves on several boards and has received many awards, including the 1990 Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans Award. In May 2000, he received that Association’s 2000 Norman Vincent Peale Award for his exceptional humanitarian contributions to society. He is also a member of the American Mining Hall of Fame, Mining Foundation of the Southwest. Mr. Moffett received a Bachelor of Science degree with special honors in Geology from the University of Texas at Austin while on a full football scholarship and a Master of Science degree in Geology from Tulane University. He has also received an Honorary Doctor of Science degree from Louisiana State University and a Doctor of Financial Economics, Honoris Causa, degree from the University of New Orleans. He has been a board member since 1992.

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2/10/10:

4 - MOFFETT JAMES R (0001168167) (Reporting)

Filed: 2010-02-10 AccNo: 0001181431-10-008193 Size: 13 KB - read more at SEC Ownership Filings

2/5/10:

FREEPORT MCMORAN COPPER & GOLD INC FILES (8-K)

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers (e) Annual Equity Incentive Awards On February 2, 2010, the Corporate Personnel Committee (the Committee) of the Board of Directors of Freeport-McMoRan ... - read more at SEC

tags: FREEPORT MCMORAN COPPER & GOLD INC Richard C. Adkerson Kathleen L. Quirk Michael J. Arnold

2/4/10:

4 - MOFFETT JAMES R (0001168167) (Reporting)

Filed: 2010-02-04 AccNo: 0001181431-10-006765 Size: 9 KB - read more at SEC Ownership Filings

2/3/10:

4 - MOFFETT JAMES R (0001168167) (Reporting)

Filed: 2010-02-03 AccNo: 0001181431-10-006473 Size: 8 KB - read more at SEC Ownership Filings

2/1/10:

4 - MOFFETT JAMES R (0001168167) (Reporting)

Filed: 2010-02-01 AccNo: 0001181431-10-005657 Size: 11 KB - read more at SEC Ownership Filings

6/18/09:

4 - MOFFETT JAMES R (0001168167) (Reporting)

Filed: 2009-06-18 AccNo: 0001181431-09-031471 Size: 6 KB - read more at SEC Ownership Filings

5/29/09:

4 - MOFFETT JAMES R (0001168167) (Reporting)

Filed: 2009-05-29 AccNo: 0001181431-09-027807 Size: 24 KB - read more at SEC Ownership Filings

3/6/09:

4 - MOFFETT JAMES R (0001168167) (Reporting)

Filed: 2009-03-06 AccNo: 0001181431-09-014185 Size: 8 KB - read more at SEC Ownership Filings

2/5/09:

FREEPORT MCMORAN COPPER & GOLD INC FILES (8-K)

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. (e) Executive Compensation On February 2, 2009, James R. Moffett, the Chairman of the Board, and Richard C. Adkerson, the President and Chief ... - read more at SEC

tags: FREEPORT MCMORAN COPPER & GOLD INC Richard C. Adkerson

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