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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-lon...