Daniel R. DiMicco
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Dan is President and Chief Executive Officer of Nucor Corporation. Dan is also Chairman of Nucor’s Board of Directors.
Dan joined Nucor Corporation in November 1982 as Plant Metallurgist and Manger of Quality Control for Nucor Steel in Plymouth, Utah and in January 1988, he became melting and Casting Manager at the Utah division. In March 1991, Dan became General Manager of the Nucor-Yamato joint venture in Blytheville, Arkansas and became Vice President in January 1992. He became Executive Vice President in September 1999. He became President, Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors in May 2006.
Prior to joining Nucor Corporation, Dan was with Republic Steel Corporation in Cleveland, Ohio as Research Metallurgist and Project Leader. Dan was with Republic Steel from March 1975 until he joined Nucor in November 1982.
Dan graduated from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island in 1972 with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Metallurgy and Materials Science. Dan graduated with a Master of Science Degree in Metallurgy and Materials Science from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1975.
Nucor and affiliates are manufacturers of steel products, with operating facilities primarily in the U.S. and Canada. Products produced include: carbon and alloy steel – in bars, beams, sheet and plate; steel joists and joist girders; steel deck; fabricated concrete reinforcing steel; cold finished steel; steel fasteners; metal building systems; light gauge steel framing; steel grating and expanded metal; and wire an wire mesh. Nucor is North America’s largest recycler.
