SAN ANTONIO — Valero Energy Corp. recently elected Joe Gorder its new CEO effective May 1 when current CEO Bill Klesse plans to step down. Klesse will remain a Valero director and chairman of the board. Gorder, who was named Valero’s president and COO in 2012, has also been elected a director by the board of directors, which he will join immediately. He has been with Valero and its predecessors for 27 years. Klesse became CEO in 2005 and was named chairman of the board in 2007. He has spent his entire 45-year career with Valero and its predecessor companies. For more information, visit www.valero.com or call (866) 297-6093.
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