James Chao

James Yuan Chao is a businessperson who has been at the helm of 5 different companies and presently holds the position of Chairman for Driptech, Inc., Chairman of Westlake Chemical Partners LP, Chairman at Westlake Chemical Corp. and Chairman for Westlake Chemical Partners GP LLC. He is also on the board of Baylor College of Medicine, Knowledge is Power Program Organization, KIPP Houston Public Schools and Westlake Chemical OpCo GP LLC. In his past career he was Principal at Mattel, Inc., Executive Chairman at Lotte Chemical Titan Holding Bhd., Principal at Chevron U.S.A., Inc. and Managing Director at Vinnolit GmbH & Co. KG. He received an undergraduate degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an MBA from The Trustees of Columbia University in The City of New York.