Stephen Hightower
President & CEO
Hightower Petroleum Co.

STEPHEN L. HIGHTOWER is President and CEO of Hightowers Petroleum Co. (HPC), a $400 million enterprise consisting of five national and international businesses. A self-made entrepreneur since 1979, Hightower grew his Ohio-based wholesale fuel supply company into an International enterprise covering the entire energy value chain.

HPC’s blue-chip customers include Duke Energy, General Motors Corporation, The Kroger Company, Fed Ex, SCANNA, Ford Motor Company UPS, Honda, Con-Edison, Nissan, ATT, United Rentals, JLL Dominion Transportation, PEPCO Utility, and the State of Ohio. In addition to many awards for his work, Hightower has been active in trade missions and energy initiatives in Africa.