Charles W. Goodyear IV '80 B.S.
London, England
Named Successor Trustee in 2011, Charles W. Goodyear IV, a 1980 graduate of Yale College, is the president of Goodyear Capital Corporation and the former chief executive officer of BHP Billiton, the world's largest diversified resources company. After graduating from Yale, Mr. Goodyear went on to earn an M.B.A. from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in 1983. He joined BHP Billiton as chief financial officer in 1999 and quickly moved up the ranks. He was appointed chief development officer in 2001 and CEO in 2003. During Mr. Goodyear's nine years with BHP Billiton, the organization grew from a company with a market capitalization of $12 billion to one of the largest companies in the world with a market capitalization of $220 billion in capital. Mr. Goodyear held previous positions as executive vice president at Kidder, Peabody & Co., a Wall Street investment bank, and senior vice president and chief financial officer of Freeport-McMoRan Inc, a natural resources company. Mr. Goodyear served as CEO-Designate of Temasek Holdings, an investment company wholly owned by the Singapore Minister for Finance, from March until August 2009. He also served on Temasek’s board from February through August 2009. He is also director of several private companies and is a member of the Prince's Charities Council in the United Kingdom. At Yale, Mr. Goodyear is a Sterling Fellow and serves as a member of the Yale Tomorrow Campaign Committee and the President's Council on International Activities. He has also been active on the Reunion Gift Committee for the Yale College Class of 1980 and the Alumni Schools Committee. In 2009, he established the Charles W. Goodyear Professorship in Global Affairs to help Yale enhance connectivity across countries, regions and cultures.
