Rex Tillerson

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business executive engineer human politician

Rex Tillerson is an American engineer and businessman who served as chairman and CEO of ExxonMobil before becoming the 69th United States Secretary of State under President Donald Trump.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Rex Tillerson canonical	10
Rex Wayne Tillerson	1
Tillerson	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T376918 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Rex Tillerson
Context triple: [Kalorama, notableResident, Rex Tillerson]

A. Wilbur Ross
Wilbur Ross is an American investor and former U.S. Secretary of Commerce known for restructuring distressed companies and his role in the Trump administration.
B. John Negroponte
John Negroponte is an American diplomat and government official who has served in numerous high-level roles, including U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and Iraq.
C. Mick Mulvaney
Mick Mulvaney is an American politician and former U.S. Representative who served in the Trump administration in senior roles, including as acting White House Chief of Staff and Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
D. John F. Kelly
John F. Kelly is a retired U.S. Marine Corps general who served in the Trump administration, including as White House Chief of Staff and Secretary of Homeland Security.
E. Reince Priebus
Reince Priebus is an American attorney and political operative who served as the first White House Chief of Staff in the Trump administration and previously chaired the Republican National Committee.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Rex Tillerson
Target entity description: Rex Tillerson is an American engineer and businessman who served as chairman and CEO of ExxonMobil before becoming the 69th United States Secretary of State under President Donald Trump.

A. Wilbur Ross
Wilbur Ross is an American investor and former U.S. Secretary of Commerce known for restructuring distressed companies and his role in the Trump administration.
B. John Negroponte
John Negroponte is an American diplomat and government official who has served in numerous high-level roles, including U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and Iraq.
C. Mick Mulvaney
Mick Mulvaney is an American politician and former U.S. Representative who served in the Trump administration in senior roles, including as acting White House Chief of Staff and Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
D. John F. Kelly
John F. Kelly is a retired U.S. Marine Corps general who served in the Trump administration, including as White House Chief of Staff and Secretary of Homeland Security.
E. Reince Priebus
Reince Priebus is an American attorney and political operative who served as the first White House Chief of Staff in the Trump administration and previously chaired the Republican National Committee.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	business executive ⓘ engineer ⓘ human ⓘ politician ⓘ
academicDegree	Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering ⓘ
appointedBy	Donald Trump ⓘ
awardReceived	Eagle Scout rank ⓘ
boardMemberOf	Boy Scouts of America ⓘ linked to: Boy Scouts of America (National Council)
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1952-03-23 ⓘ
educatedAt	Huntsville High School ⓘ The University of Texas at Austin ⓘ linked to: University of Texas at Austin
employer	ExxonMobil ⓘ linked to: Exxon
endTime	2016-12-31 ⓘ 2018-03-31 ⓘ
familyName	Tillerson ⓘ linked to: Rex Tillerson
fieldOfWork	foreign policy ⓘ petroleum industry ⓘ
fullName	Rex Wayne Tillerson ⓘ linked to: Rex Tillerson
genre	corporate management ⓘ
givenName	Rex ⓘ
hasGender	male ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty	Republican Party ⓘ
nativeLanguage	English ⓘ
notableFor	leading one of the world’s largest oil and gas companies ⓘ serving in the Cabinet of President Donald Trump ⓘ
notableWork	Leadership of ExxonMobil ⓘ Service as United States Secretary of State ⓘ
numberOfChildren	4 ⓘ
occupation	businessman ⓘ corporate executive ⓘ diplomat ⓘ engineer ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Wichita Falls, Texas, United States ⓘ linked to: Wichita Falls, Texas
positionHeld	69th United States Secretary of State ⓘ Chairman of ExxonMobil ⓘ Chief Executive Officer of ExxonMobil ⓘ National President of the Boy Scouts of America ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
residence	Texas, United States ⓘ linked to: Texas
spouse	Renda St. Clair ⓘ
startTime	2006-01-01 ⓘ 2017-02-01 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kalorama → notableResident → Rex Tillerson ⓘ

Rex Tillerson → fullName → Rex Wayne Tillerson ⓘ

linked to: Rex Tillerson

Rex Tillerson → familyName → Tillerson ⓘ

linked to: Rex Tillerson

John Kerry → succeededBy → Rex Tillerson ⓘ

Trump administration → cabinetMember → Rex Tillerson ⓘ

Trump presidential transition → announcedCabinetNominee → Rex Tillerson ⓘ

McCombs School of Business → hasAlumni → Rex Tillerson ⓘ

Renda St. Clair → spouse → Rex Tillerson ⓘ

Renda St. Clair → sharesLastNameWith → Rex Tillerson ⓘ

Leadership of ExxonMobil → hasKeyLeader → Rex Tillerson ⓘ

Leadership of ExxonMobil → hasTitleHolder → Rex Tillerson ⓘ

Huntsville High School → hasAlumnus → Rex Tillerson ⓘ

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Referenced by (12)

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