IHS Markit Vice Chairman Daniel Yergin Receives Lifetime Achievement Award from Bilateral U.S.-Arab Chamber of Commerce
Recognized for “lifelong contribution to the global energy industry”
and “extraordinary accomplishments over a distinguished career”
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Daniel Yergin, vice chairman of IHS
Markit (Nasdaq: INFO) and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, is the 2018
recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Bilateral U.S.-Arab
Chamber of Commerce, an organization dedicated to increasing
international trading relationships and improving socio-economic
conditions in emerging markets. The first-ever award was presented to
Dr. Yergin during the organization’s 21st Annual Private VIP
Board of Advisors Dinner at The Emirates Palace during the ADIPEC energy
conference in Abu Dhabi.
In presenting the award, the Bilateral Chamber’s Chairman of the Board,
David L. Phillips noted, “It is my pleasure to bestow this honor unto
Dan in recognition of his lifelong contribution to the global energy
industry and his extraordinary accomplishments over a distinguished
career as a highly respected authority, if not ‘The Authority,’ on
energy, international politics and economics.”
“I am extremely honored to be presented with this distinguished award by
Mr. Phillips and the Bilateral U.S.-Arab Chamber of Commerce,” Dr.
Yergin said. “Since its founding more than two decades ago, the
Bilateral Chamber has provided invaluable service as a facilitator of
knowledge, cooperation and understanding across important industries and
regions and I am most grateful for this honor.”
Dr. Yergin is an authority on energy, international politics and
economics. He is vice chairman of IHS Markit, one of the leading
information and advisory firms in the world. He is chairman of CERAWeek
by IHS Markit, the company’s annual energy conference that is regarded
as one of the industry’s preeminent gatherings.
Time Magazine said, “If there is one man whose opinion matters
more than any other on global energy markets, it’s Daniel Yergin.”
The New York Times described Daniel Yergin as “America’s most
influential energy pundit.”
He is the author most recently of the bestseller The Quest: Energy,
Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World. The Quest has
been called “a masterly piece of work” by The Economist. The
New York Times said it is “necessary reading for C.E.O.s,
conservationists, lawmakers, generals, spies, tech geeks, thriller
writers,” among many others. Bill Gates summed up his review saying,
“This is a fantastic book.”
Dr. Yergin is a Pulitzer Prize winner for his book The Prize: The
Epic Quest for Oil, Money and Power, which has been translated into
20 languages. Among his other noted works is Commanding Heights: The
Battle for the World Economy, which The Wall Street Journal
said, “No one could ask for a better account of the world’s political
and economic destiny since World War II.” Both The Prize and Commanding
Heights were made into award-winning television documentaries for
PBS and BBC.
Dr. Yergin has served on the U.S. Secretary of Energy Advisory Board
under Presidents Clinton, Bush and Obama. The U.S. Department of Energy
awarded him the first “James Schlesinger Medal for Energy Security” and
the International Association for Energy Economics presented him with
its 2012 award for “outstanding contributions to the profession of
energy economics and to its literature.” He is also a recipient of the
United States Energy Award for “lifelong achievements in energy and the
promotion of international understanding.”
Dr. Yergin is a director of the Council on Foreign Relations and a
trustee of the Brookings Institution. He is a member of the National
Petroleum Council and a director of the United States Energy
Association. He is a member of Singapore’s International Energy Panel
and the Advisory Boards of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Energy Initiative and of the Columbia University Center on Global Energy
Policy.
Dr. Yergin holds a BA from Yale University, where he founded The New
Journal, and a PhD from Cambridge University, where he was a
Marshall Scholar. He has received honorary degrees from the Colorado
School of Mines, the University of Houston, the University of Missouri
and Dartmouth College.
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