exxon fresh out of the university of texas in 75 starting as a production engineer. he worked his way up the ranks and became ceo and chairman in 2006 and has amassed a fortune, estimated to be over $240 million. according to executive data provider equalar. tillerson has no experience in the public sector but his work as taken him all over the world and he s forged close ties to russia. this is a guy who has business relationships in every continent in the entire world. reporter: tillerson received the order of friendship award from putin in 2013. he describes his nearly two decade-long relationship with the russian president as very close. he understands i m a businessman. i ve invested a lot of money our company has invested a lot of money in russia, vcr very successfully. his business acue men and