{{Short description|American businessman}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox person | name = Tom Albanese | image = Tom Albanese - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2012.jpg | caption = Albanese at the 2012 World Economic Forum annual meeting | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|09|09|mf=yes}} | birth_place = United States | occupation = Businessman | spouse = | children = 2 | website = | education = University of Alaska Fairbanks }}
'''Tom Albanese''' (born {{birth date|1957|9|9|mf=yes}})<ref name="Ind">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/tom-albanese-greentinted-rio-427754.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220621/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/tom-albanese-greentinted-rio-427754.html |archive-date=June 21, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Tom Albanese: Green-tinted Rio|last=Webb|first=Tim|date=December 10, 2006|work=The Independent|accessdate=16 April 2009}}</ref> is the former chief executive officer of the Vedanta Resources and the former chief executive officer and a board member of the Rio Tinto Group. He was asked to resign from Rio Tinto on January 17, 2013 and was replaced by Sam Walsh.<ref>{{cite press release |title=Rio Tinto impairments and management changes |date=January 17, 2013 |publisher=Rio Tinto Group |url=http://www.riotinto.com/media/media-releases-237_rio-tinto-impairments-and-management-changes.aspx|accessdate=23 September 2013 }} </ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Rio Tinto chief Albanese steps down.Albanese has joined vedanta group in 2013.|url=http://www.theage.com.au/business/rio-tinto-chief-albanese-steps-down-20130117-2cvz7.html|accessdate=January 17, 2013|newspaper=The Age}} </ref> Albanese to stepped down as Vedanta CEO in August 2017.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}
==Biography== Albanese was born in New Jersey<ref name="Ind"/> and earned both a bachelor's degree in mineral economics and a master's in mining engineering<ref name="RTG"/> from the University of Alaska Fairbanks.<ref name="BW">{{cite web|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/businessweek/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=8048018&symbol=RTP|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080518214451/http://investing.businessweek.com/businessweek/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=8048018&symbol=RTP|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 18, 2008|title=Executive Profile: Tom Albanese|work=Bloomberg BusinessWeek|accessdate=16 April 2009}}</ref> After college he worked in Alaska on a gold mining project in 1981, which mining company NERCO purchased.<ref name="alu">{{cite news |title=Albanese Irks Rio Holders as BHP Opposition Costs 50 Billion-China Aluminium Network |url=https://www.alu.com.cn/enNews/NewsInfo_3566.html |access-date=22 April 2026 |work=www.alu.com.cn |date=11 December 2008}}</ref>
=== Family === He is married and has two children.<ref name="alu"/>
===Career=== The Portland, Oregon based NERCO was a subsidiary of PacifiCorp, which was acquired by Rio Tinto Group in 1993 through a subsidiary. Albanese moved to London to take the position of Rio Tinto's chief of exploration in 1995, and then in 1998 became the president of the subsidiary that had purchased NERCO.<ref name="alu"/> He received another promotion in 2006 to the position of director of group resources.<ref name="alu"/> According to Forbes magazine, Albanese's total 2007 compensation was valued at $12,596,000.<ref name="Forbes">{{cite news|url=https://people.forbes.com/profile/tom-albanese/68436|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081016054607/http://people.forbes.com/profile/tom-albanese/68436|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 16, 2008|title=Tom Albanese|work=Forbes|accessdate=16 April 2009}}</ref> He has previously held several managerial positions within Rio Tinto's organization, including at North Limited and Kennecott Utah Copper. He has also served on the boards of Ivanhoe Mines (2006–07) and Palabora Mining Company (2004–06).<ref name="RTG">{{cite web|url=http://www.riotinto.com/whoweare/chief_executive.asp|title=Rio Tinto: Who We Are|work=Rio Tinto Group website|publisher=Rio Tinto Group|accessdate=16 April 2009}}</ref> In March 2014, he became the CEO of London-based mining company Vedanta Resources.<ref>[http://www.smh.com.au/business/exrio-tinto-chief-tom-albanese-becomes-ceo-of-indian-miner-vedanta-20140306-34a51.html Ex-Rio Tinto chief Tom Albanese becomes CEO of Indian miner Vedanta] ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', published: March 7, 2014. Retrieved November 4, 2014</ref>
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