The 2008 TIME 100 Finalists
Read about the leaders, artists, enterpreneurs and thinkers who, in your opinion, deserve a spot on this year's TIME 100 —Scott Brown and Michelle Kung
AGE: 56
OCCUPATION: Chairman and CEO of Exxon Mobil
NUMBER OF TIME COVERS: 0 (but Exxon has been on the cover twice)
PREVIOUS APPEARANCES ON THE TIME 100: 0
PRO: When you run what's often called the world's most valuable company and "excess profits" is listed among your biggest challenges, you must be doing something right.
CON: When your industry is altering the climate to potentially unlivable levels and you show only token interest in doing something about it, you must be doing something wrong. And with prices at record highs and oil backlash taking hold even among Republicans, there could be a stormy future ahead for pushers of Texas Tea.
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