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Nucor chairman emeritus inducted into North Carolina Business Hall of Fame

Steel product manufacturer Nucor Corp. has announced that Chairman Emeritus and former President/CEO Daniel R. DiMicco has been inducted into the North Carolina Business Hall of Fame by the Junior Achievement of Central Carolinas and the North Carolina Chamber of Commerce.

DiMicco led Nucor Corp. from September 2000 through December 2012, during which time the company had unprecedented growth. He served as the company’s CEO longer than anyone since company founder Ken Iverson. Duing this time, Nucor completed more than 50 acquisitions for a total investment of $6.5 billion.

In 2005 BusinessWeek magazine ranked Nucor the nation's No. 1 Company, based on sales growth and ROI. In subsequent years, Nucor made three additional appearances on the BusinessWeek 50 list. In 2008 DiMicco received the Charlotte Business Journal's Business Person of the Year Award. The Harvard Business Review included him in its 2010 top 100 list of "The Best Performing CEOs in the World," and he is a member of the IndustryWeek Manufacturing Hall of Fame.