Natural Resources >> CEO Interviews >> February 18, 2002
DANIEL R. DIMICCO is President and Chief Executive Officer of Nucor
Corporation. He is also Vice Chairman of Nucor's Board of Directors. Mr.
DiMicco joined Nucor Corporation in November 1982 as Plant Metallurgist
and Manager of Quality Control for Nucor Steel in Plymouth, Utah and in
January 1988, he became Melting and Casting Manager at the Utah
division. In March 1991, he became General Manager of the Nucor-Yamato
joint venture in Blytheville, Arkansas and became Vice President in
January 1992. He became Executive Vice President in September 1999.
Prior to joining Nucor Mr. DiMicco was with Republic Steel Corporation
in Cleveland, Ohio as Research Metallurgist and Project Leader. He was
with Republic Steel from March 1975 until he joined Nucor in November
1982. Mr. DiMicco graduated from Brown University in Providence, Rhode
Island in 1972 with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Metallurgy and
Materials Science. He graduated with a Master of Science degree in
Metallurgy and Materials Science from the University of Pennsylvania in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1975. Profile
TWST: Would you begin with a brief overview of the history and evolutionof Nucor?
Mr. DiMicco: Today, Nucor is the largest mini-mill producer of steel
products and the most diversified