Mario Longhi is a
Brazilian American businessman who was the
CEO of
U.S. Steel, based in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County. It is the most populous city in both Allegheny County and Western Pennsylvania, the second-most populous city in Pennsylva ...
, US. He was promoted to CEO in September 2013 after the retirement of
John P. Surma and after Longhi had completed 15 months as an executive of the corporation. He retired in June 2017 and was succeeded by
David Burritt.
Prior to his service at U.S. Steel, Longhi served as CEO of
Gerdau Ameristeel Corporation from 2006-2011.
A native from
Tatuí
Tatuí is a city located in São Paulo state, Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of Sorocaba. The population is 122,967 (2020 est.) in an area of 523.75 km2. Known as "Music City", the city has the largest music school in Latin Am ...
, Brazil and son of Italian immigrants, he obtained both undergraduate and master's degrees in metallurgical engineering from
Instituto Mauá de Tecnologia. After graduating, Longhi worked for
Alcoa for 23 years.
References
Living people
Businesspeople from São Paulo
Brazilian people of Italian descent
Brazilian chief executives
Brazilian emigrants to the United States
Businesspeople from Pittsburgh
American people of Italian descent
American chief executives of manufacturing companies
American steel industry businesspeople
Year of birth missing (living people)
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