Nucor CEO and leadership

Q: Who is the CEO of Nucor?

The CEO of Nucor is Leon J. Topalian.

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Nucor CEO and executives

Executive Summary. Based on our data team's research, Leon J. Topalian is the Nucor's CEO. Nucor has 26,001 employees, of which 33 are in a leadership position.

Here are further demographic highlights of the leadership team:

The Nucor executive team is 33% female and 67% male.
69% of the management team is White.
12% of Nucor management is Hispanic or Latino.
11% of the management team is Black or African American.

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Name & TitleBio

Leon J. Topalian

President and Chief Executive Officer

Leon Topalian is a Vice President at Nucor and Board Member at Nucor. He has worked as Exec VP:Beam & Plate Products at Nucor; VP/General Manager at Nucor Steel Kankakee, Inc.; and President/COO at Nucor.

John H. Walker

Non-Executive Chairman

Christopher J. Kearney

Board Member

Joseph D. Rupp

Board Member

Norma B. Clayton

Board Member

Patrick J. Dempsey

Board Member

Laurette T. Koellner

Board Member

D. Chad Utermark

Executive Vice President of New Markets and Innovation

David A. Sumoski

Executive Vice President

Mr. Sumoski has been an Executive Vice President since September 2014. He previously served as Vice President and General Manager of Nucor Steel Memphis from 2012 to 2014; Vice President of Nucor in 2010; General Manager of Nucor Steel Marion in 2008; Maintenance Manager of Nucor Steel Berkeley County, South Carolina in 1999; and Electrical Supervisor there in 1995.

Stephen D. Laxton

Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Executive Vice President

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Nucor board members

Name & TitleBio

Leon J. Topalian

President and Chief Executive Officer

John H. Walker

Non-Executive Chairman

Christopher J. Kearney

Board Member

Joseph D. Rupp

Board Member

Norma B. Clayton

Board Member

Patrick J. Dempsey

Board Member

Laurette T. Koellner

Board Member

James D. Frias

Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer & Executive Vice President

Mr. Frias has been Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Executive Vice President since January 2010. He previously served as Corporate Controller from 2001 through 2009, becoming Vice President in 2006. He was Controller of Nucor Steel, Crawfordsville, Indiana from 1994 to 2001 and Controller of Nucor Building Systems, Waterloo, Indiana from 1991 to 1994.

John J. Ferriola

Board Member

Nadja Y. West

Board Member

Nucor leadership demographics

Nucor gender distribution in management team

The Nucor executive team is 33% female and 67% male.
Nucor is 22% female and 78% male company-wide.

Male

67%

Company-wide: 78%

Female

33%

Company-wide: 22%

Nucor executives by race

Management Team:

The most common ethnicity among Nucor executive officers is White.
69% of the management team is White.
12% of Nucor's management is Hispanic or Latino.
11% of the management team is Black or African American.

Company-wide:

White is the most common ethnicity company-wide.
65% of employees are White.
14% of employees are Black or African American.
11% of employees are Hispanic or Latino.

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Updated November 18, 2022

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