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Tillerson. >> he is more than a business executive, he is a world class player. he is in charge of the largest company in the world. an oil company that is double the size of his next nearest competitor. a company that has been unbelievably managed. and he knows many of the players and he knows them well. okay, mark, you're shaking your head. why are you shaking your head? >> he said he is more than a businessman, this is a job for a diplomat. someone with a sophisticated opinion on these matters.

At exxon has taken him all over the world, and he has forged close ties to russia. >> this is a guy who has business relationships in every continent in the entire world. >> reporter: tillerson received the friendship award from vladimir putin in 2013. he describes his nearly two-decade long relationship with the russian president as, quote, very close. >> he understands that i'm a businessman. and i've invested a lot of money. our company has invested a lot of money in russia very successfully. >> reporter: his business acumen, and extensive work overseas, caught the attention and gained the ...

And extensive work overseas caught the attention and gained the respect of president-elect donald trump. >> his case, he is much more than a business executive. he is a world class player. and, to me, a great advantage is he knows many of the players. and he knows them well. he does massive deals in russia. he does massive deals for the company. not for himself. for the company. >> reporter: under tillerson's leadership, the oil behemoth publicly acknowledged climate change's potential existence and risk. >> i'm not disputing that increasing co2 emissions in the atmosphere will have an impact,...

We can't be naive about it. we've got to use the best intelligence to take action against russia. >> rex tillerson has emerged as donald trump's likely pick for secretary of state. trump has praised tillerson as a world class player who's done massive deals in russia. take a listen. >> he's much more than a business executive. he's a world class player. he's in charge of, i guess, the largest company in the world. it's been a company that's been unbelievably managed, and to me a great advantage is he knows many of the players and he knows them well. he does massive deals in russia. >> some of ...

Confident that he would be named to the post. trump telling chris wallace from fox that tillerson's global business interests and his ties with countries around the world make him a very strong candidate. >> let me ask you about rex tiller son, head of exxon-mobil. why does a business executive make sense as the chief diplomat? >> in his case, he's much more than a business executive. i mean, he's a world class player. he's in charge of, i guess, the largest company in the world. he's in charge of an oil company that's pretty much double the size of his next nearest competitor. it's been a com...