Gary R. Heminger

President and Chief Executive Officer
Marathon Petroleum Corporation

Director since 2011

Mr. Heminger earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from Tiffin University in 1976, and a master's degree in business administration from the University of Dayton in 1982. He is a graduate of the Wharton School Advanced Management Program at the University of Pennsylvania. 

Mr. Heminger has served in a variety of capacities in his more than thirty-eight years with Marathon. In addition to five years in various financial and administrative roles, he spent three years in London as part of the Brae Project, and held several marketing and commercial roles with the predecessor of Speedway LLC. He also served as president of Marathon Pipe Line Company.  Mr. Heminger was named vice president of Business Development for Marathon Ashland Petroleum LLC upon its formation in January 1998, senior vice president in 1999 and executive vice president in 2001. Mr. Heminger was appointed president of Marathon Petroleum Company LLC in September 2001 and executive vice president - Downstream of Marathon Oil Corporation. He assumed his current position in July 2011. 

Mr. Heminger is chairman of the board and chief executive officer of MPLX GP LLC and chairman of the board of trustees of Tiffin University and is a member of the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies. He also serves on the boards of directors of Fifth Third Bancorp, JobsOhio, the American Petroleum Institute, where he serves on the Executive Committee, as well as the board of directors and Executive Committee for the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers and the U.S.-Saudi Arabian Business Council Executive Committee.