Daniel Ralph DiMicco (born 1950) is an American businessman who is the former CEO and chairman of
Nucor steel
Steel is an alloy made up of iron with added carbon to improve its strength and fracture resistance compared to other forms of iron. Many other elements may be present or added. Stainless steels that are corrosion- and oxidation-resistant ty ...
company. He served as a trade advisor to
Donald Trump during Trump's 2016 presidential campaign.
Early life
DiMicco was born in 1950,
and grew up in
Mount Kisco, New York
Mount Kisco is a Administrative divisions of New York#Village, village and Administrative divisions of New York#Town, town in Westchester County, New York, United States. The town of Mount Kisco is coterminous municipality, coterminous with the vil ...
, the eldest of five children of a father who worked in a beer distribution and soda manufacturing business that he started with his brothers.
He graduated from
Brown University
Brown University is a private research university in Providence, Rhode Island. Brown is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, founded in 1764 as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providenc ...
in 1972 with a bachelor's degree in Engineering, Metallurgy and Materials Science. In 1975, he received a master's degree in Metallurgy and Materials Science from the
University of Pennsylvania.
Career
DiMicco joined Nucor in 1982 as plant metallurgist and manager of quality control for Nucor Steel in
Plymouth, Utah.
In September 2000, DiMicco, formerly the general manager of the company's highly profitable Nucor-Yamato Steel joint venture, was appointed CEO. In the years that followed, the company made several acquisitions. DiMicco was CEO until December 2012, and chairman from May 2006 until December 2012.
In April 2016,
Donald Trump appointed DiMicco as his trade advisor.
DiMicco is chairman of the
Coalition For A Prosperous America.
Charlotte Independence
In 2018, DiMicco bought a majority stake in the soccer club
Charlotte Independence, that plays in the
USL Championship, the second tier of the
American soccer pyramid
The United States soccer league system is a series of professional and amateur soccer leagues based, in whole or in part, in the United States. Sometimes called the American soccer pyramid, teams and leagues are not linked by the system of prom ...
.
Following the
murder of George Floyd in 2020, DiMicco sent out a series of tweets blaming the subsequent protests on
Antifa,
George Soros and China.
DiMicco went on to spread a series of
conspiracy theories about COVID-19 and
false claims of election fraud. Some supporters of the club responded strongly to these statements, condemning DiMicco, and calling for him to sell his interest in the team. The Independent Supporters Council urged the league to "take action" against him.
On March 29, 2021, the club announced that several owners, including DiMicco, were in the process of selling their ownership stakes.
Publications
''American Made: Why Making Things Will Return Us to Greatness'' (2015)
Personal life
DiMicco lives in
Waxhaw, North Carolina.
He collects vintage Corvette cars from the 1960s.
In 2012, DiMicco and his wife purchased 75 acres on
Lake Wylie, and plan to donate the land to the
Catawba Lands Conservancy.
References
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1950 births
American car collectors
American chief executives
Brown University alumni
Living people
People from Mount Kisco, New York
People from Waxhaw, North Carolina
University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science alumni