Paal Kibsgaard (born April 1967) is a Norwegian petroleum engineer and businessman; the former chairman and CEO of Schlumberger, the world's largest oilfield services company.
[1] He qualified as a petroleum engineer with a master's degree from the Norwegian Institute of Technology in 1991.
[8] In 2017, Kibsgaard received $20.8 million in reported pay, which was a 12 percent increase from the previous year.
[9] Kibsgaard retired from Schlumberger in August 2019, and was succeeded as CEO by Olivier Le Peuch, and as chairman by Mark G.
[13] It was reported that his appointment came with several hundred million in new financing, which Katerra secured from SoftBank Vision Fund.