$NUE

Leon J. Topalian

Nucor

Chair, President & CEO • Since 2020 • Materials

📊 CEO Reputation Score

FY2025 vs FY2024 · Source: SEC EDGAR filings

14/100

Blend of this company's year-over-year free-cash-flow and profit improvement, each ranked as a percentile against every scored company in the three indexes.

Free cash flow: $806M → −$188M (−123.3% YoY) — fiscal 2025 vs fiscal 2024
Profit (net income): $2.0B → $1.7B (−14.0% YoY) — fiscal 2025 vs fiscal 2024

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Overview

Leon J. Topalian is the chair, president & ceo of Nucor since 2020. Nucor is a Materials company headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, founded in 1940, and one of the 500 companies in the S&P 500 — every one of which is profiled on this site.

Leadership

Leon holds the chief executive role at Nucor with the title Chair, President & CEO — in post since 2020. This page is the concise leadership record for Nucor in the S&P 500 CEO index; the site's fully researched long-form profiles (career timelines, education, achievements, setbacks, philosophy and sourced quotes) currently cover the index's ten largest companies, and this entry will be expanded in the same format.

At a Glance

Sector: Materials
Ticker: $NUE
Headquarters: Charlotte, North Carolina
Founded: 1940
CEO since: 2020
Index: S&P 500 (#338 of 500)