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This list showcases the top New York based CEO’ operating in the Natural Resources space. If you think a CEO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.

John Hess
CEO of Hess Corporation
John B. Hess has been with Hess Corporation for a period of 28 years. He was elected Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in 1995. Hess Corporation is a global integrated energy company engaged in the exploration for and production and sale of crude oil and natural gas, as well as the production and sale of refined petroleum products. He is a member of The Business Council, The Council of Foreign Relations, The Center for Strategic and International Studies, Dean’s Advisors of Harvard Business School, Board of Trustees for the Mount Sinai Hospital, Wildlife Conservation Society/NY Zoo and The New York Public Library. Member of the Board of Directors of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. Former member of the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board.
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About Hess Corporation, Hess Midstream Partners: Hess Corporation is an oil and gas exploration and drilling company.

Randell MIlls
Chief Executive Officer and President of Brilliant Light Power
Randell MIlls Founder and principal stockholder of Brilliant Light Power, Inc., has served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer and President since 1991. Dr. Mills has authored nine books, participated in over 50 presentations at professional meetings, and authored and co-authored over 100 papers regarding the field of energy technology that have been published in peer-reviewed journals of international repute. Dr. Mills has received patents or filed patent applications in the following areas: (1) Millsian computational chemical design technology based on a revolutionary approach to solving atomic and molecular structures; (2) magnetic resonance imaging; (3) Mossbauer cancer therapy (Nature, Hyperfine Interactions); (4) Luminide class of drug delivery molecules; (5) genomic sequencing method, and (6) artificial intelligence. A thorough description of the Company’s technology and Dr. Mills’ underlying atomic theory is published in a book entitled The Grand Unified Theory of Classical Physics. Dr. Mills was awarded a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Chemistry, summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from Franklin & Marshall College in 1982, and a Doctor of Medicine Degree from Harvard Medical School in 1986. Following a year of graduate work in electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dr. Mills began his research in the field of energy technology.
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About Brilliant Light Power: Brilliant Light Power is involved in developing a nonpolluting primary source of energy by releasing the latent energy of hydrogen atoms.
Avi Mirman
Co-Founder, President and CEO of Ruckus Energy
Avi Mirman is the Co-Founder, President, and CEO at Ruckus Energy.
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About Ruckus Energy: Ruckus Energy is an exploration and production company creating value through the acquisition and exploitation of oil and gas reservoirs.

Dmitry Solomentsev
Founder, CEO of AeroState
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About AeroState: AeroState provides worldwide air quality forecasts and analytics at a city block resolution.
Franc James
Chairman and CEO of Penn America Energy
Franc James currently works as the Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer at Penn America Energy. He was the Chief Executive Officer of Indo America Energy Group LLC.
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About Penn America Energy: Penn America Energy is a project-development company proposing an LNG export facility.