ExxonMobil Seeks to Move Legal Home to Texas After 144 Years in New Jersey

The oil company says Texas officials and citizens are ‘more familiar’ with the industry and more invested in the company’s success.
ExxonMobil Seeks to Move Legal Home to Texas After 144 Years in New Jersey
A view of the Exxon Mobil refinery in Baytown, Texas, in this file photo. Jessica Rinaldi/Reuters
Bill Pan
Bill Pan
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ExxonMobil has announced plans to move its legal home from New Jersey to Texas, joining a growing number of companies that have relocated to the Lone Star State in search of a more business-friendly environment.

The major oil corporation said on March 10 that its board had unanimously recommended shareholders approve the change. Although the company was originally incorporated in New Jersey in 1882, ExxonMobil said its leadership and core operations have long since shifted to Texas.