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Darren Woods

Chairman and CEO of ExxonMobil since 2017. Has led the company through climate litigation and shareholder activism while expanding LNG investments.

Tracked direct giving

$10,000

Connections

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PAC Chain Attribution

Where Darren Woods’s money ended up

Attributed amounts are modeled estimates of how money flowed through intermediary PACs, computed by proportional apportionment of FEC-reported transactions. They are not reported transactions themselves. How we compute this

$12K
modeled estimate
42 paths across 42 counterparties
$2Kmodeled estimatefrom William H Harris Sr.
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$2Kmodeled estimateWilliam H Harris Sr.→FAIR SHOT PAC→Darren Woodsmediumpac

smallest single documented leg $5K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$678modeled estimateattributed to FRIENDS OF JOHN BARRASSO
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle

smallest single documented leg $5K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$649modeled estimateattributed to SCALISE FOR CONGRESS
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle

smallest single documented leg $3K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$636modeled estimateattributed to TEXANS FOR HENRY CUELLAR CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle

smallest single documented leg $1K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$625modeled estimatefrom Noah Kowalski
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$625modeled estimateNoah Kowalski→FUTURE FORUM PAC→Darren Woodsmediumpac

smallest single documented leg $2K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$586modeled estimateattributed to VICENTE GONZALEZ FOR CONGRESS
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle

smallest single documented leg $2K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$451modeled estimateattributed to CATHY MCMORRIS RODGERS FOR CONGRESS
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle

smallest single documented leg $3K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$393modeled estimateattributed to TED CRUZ FOR SENATE
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle

smallest single documented leg $5K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

Plus 34 additional chains totaling $7K.

$12K attributed (modeled estimate) across 42 paths·Up to 2 hops deep·Source FEC filings (Schedules A, B, E)·How we compute this

Connected Government Contracts

Companies that Darren Woods holds stock in, is employed by, or receives donations from (through a corporate PAC) that also receive federal awards. Figures are each company's total federal obligations over the fiscal years this tracker holds FEC data for, as reported by USASpending.gov.

Employed by

Chairman and CEO of ExxonMobil since 2017

$1.1B

federal obligations FY2015–FY2025

Defense: $1.1BState: $137KHomeland Security: $17K+1 more

Stock disclosures from Senate EFD / House Financial Disclosures. Contract data from USASpending.gov. Contributions and contracts are separate records. Neither is shown as a cause of the other, and a connection does not imply wrongdoing.

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Donations Given and Outside Spending

Largest 50 records. Rows badged “Spent to support” or “Spent to oppose” are independent expenditures this entity paid to vendors for or against the named candidate. That money was not given to them.

RecipientAmountDateCycle
American Petroleum Institute PAC$5,000Mar 24, 20232024
American Petroleum Institute PAC$5,000Aug 12, 20242024

Relationships

TypeConnected ToDetailsSource
Worked forExxonMobilChairman and CEO of ExxonMobil since 2017Editorial