Dan DiMicco

Dan DiMicco is one of the foremost figures in the US manufacturing and steel industry, with nearly 40 years’ experience in the field. Dan presently serves on the Coalition for a Prosperous America as Chairman, he also on the USTR Advisory Committee for Trade Policy & Negotiation-ACTPN.

Dan has served as CEO of Nucor, the largest steel manufacturer in the United States, longer than anyone since the company founder’s leadership. Under his leadership Nucor realized substantial growth in profits and shareholder returns. From September 2000 through the end of 2012, Nucor completed over 50 acquisitions for a total investment of $6.5 billion. Dan helped deliver huge shareholder returns at 720%, which is nearly four times more than the total return of the S&P Steel Group Index.

Dan Dimicco has been recognized for his outstanding leadership at Nucor by a many of the nation’s foremost business groups. In 2005, BusinessWeek magazine ranked Nucor as the United States’ No.1 Company, based on sales growth and return on investment. Over the next few years, Nucor appeared on the BusinessWeek 50 list three further times. In 2008, Dan was awarded the Charlotte Business Journal’s sixth annual “Business Person of the Year” award, and was inducted into the North Carolina Business Hall of Fame. In 2010, The Harvard Business Review included Dan in its top 100 Best Performing CEOs in the World.Institutional Investor named Dan to the 2012 All-America Executive Team and the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) in January 2012 awarded Dan the prestigiousRobert P. Stupp Award for Leadership Excellence. Dan received the notable 2013 “Citizens of the Carolinas” award by the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce and recently received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Charlotte Business Journal.

Dan DiMicco proved himself an invaluable champion for domestic manufacturing and rules-based, rules-enforced free trade. His indefatigable work furthering US manufacturing led to his appointment to the United States Manufacturing Council in 2008, this was awarded by the then-U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez. Dan served on the board until 2011.