Dan Ammann

Vice President; President, ExxonMobil Upstream Company ExxonMobil

Last Reviewed: October 1, 2026

Executive Summary

Dan Ammann runs ExxonMobil’s upstream oil and gas business worldwide as President of ExxonMobil Upstream Company, a role he took in February 2025. He came to ExxonMobil in 2022 from outside the industry to build its Low Carbon Solutions business, after a career that took in Wall Street as a Morgan Stanley managing director, Detroit as President of General Motors and Silicon Valley as chief executive of the self-driving car company Cruise. ExxonMobil ranked No. 9 on the 2026 Fortune 500.

Career Highlights

• President, ExxonMobil Upstream Company since February 2025; Vice President of ExxonMobil since May 2022.
• President, ExxonMobil Low Carbon Solutions, May 2022 to December 2024.
• Chief Executive Officer of Cruise, January 2019 to December 2021.
• Former President of General Motors and managing director at Morgan Stanley.

Professional Journey

Ammann was a managing director at Morgan Stanley and later President of General Motors. From January 2019 to December 2021 he was chief executive of Cruise, GM’s autonomous vehicle business.

He joined ExxonMobil in May 2022 as President of Low Carbon Solutions and a Vice President of the corporation, building a business focused on large-scale emissions reduction for industry. In February 2025 he succeeded Liam Mallon as President of ExxonMobil Upstream Company. Outside work he is an amateur race car driver who has competed in endurance races at Sebring and Daytona.

Education

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