Charles Moorman

American businessman and railroader

Charles Wickliffe "Wick" Moorman IV (born 1952) is an American businessman and railroader. Moorman is currently a consultant with Amtrak, where he formerly served as president and CEO as well as co-CEO. Prior to his hiring by Amtrak, Moorman served as chairman, president and CEO of Norfolk Southern Railway.²

From Wikipedia’s article on Charles Moorman (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born 1953.¹

About

At Norfolk Southern, he succeeded David R. Goode on February 1, 2006. Moorman served as president from 2004 to 2013 and chief executive officer from 2005 until his initial retirement in 2015.

Moorman has served in a number of leadership positions at Norfolk Southern and its predecessor railroads including senior vice president corporate planning and services, president of Thoroughbred Technology and Telecommunications, vice president information technology, and vice president personnel and labor relations.

From Wikipedia’s article on Charles Moorman, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.²

Companies

Oracle CorporationBoard member May 9, 2018 to now¹²
Chevron CorporationBoard member May 2012 to now¹³
Duke EnergyBoard member Mar 2, 2016 to Apr 7, 2020¹⁴
Norfolk Southern CorporationChief executive officer Jan 1, 2004 to Jun 1, 2015¹⁵
Norfolk Southern CorporationChair Feb 6, 2006 to Mar 9, 2015¹⁶
Norfolk Southern CorporationPresident Jan 30, 2006 to May 9, 2013¹⁷
Norfolk Southern CorporationBoard member Jan 30, 2006 to May 20, 2008¹⁷

Holdings

Stock this person has reported owning, from the forms officers and directors file with the SEC. See the biggest insider stakes.

Shares held

Oracle Corporation ORCL93,643 shares¹⁸$12.0M at $128.44Jun 2, 2026
Chevron Corporation CVX47,756 shares¹⁹$10.9M at $227.97May 28, 2025

As of each latest filing. The line shows shares held over time.

Recent filings

May 31, 2026Exercised options 2,114 shares of Oracle Corporation¹⁸
May 31, 2025Exercised options 2,986 shares of Oracle Corporation²⁰
May 28, 2025Granted 1,704 shares of Chevron Corporation¹⁹
Feb 12, 2025Bought 5,500 shares at $172.35 of Oracle Corporation²¹
May 31, 2024Exercised options 3,303 shares of Oracle Corporation²²
May 29, 2024Granted 1,477 shares of Chevron Corporation²³
May 31, 2023Granted 1,534 shares of Chevron Corporation²⁴
May 31, 2023Exercised options 4,866 shares of Oracle Corporation²⁵
May 31, 2022Exercised options 4,445 shares of Oracle Corporation²⁶
May 25, 2022Granted 1,303 shares of Chevron Corporation²⁷
Jan 20, 2022Bought 1,000 shares at $84.57 of Oracle Corporation²⁸
Jan 20, 2022Bought 9,735 shares at $84.01 of Oracle Corporation²⁸
Jan 20, 2022Bought 4,265 shares at $83.01 of Oracle Corporation²⁸
May 26, 2021Granted 2,166 shares of Chevron Corporation²⁹
Dec 2, 2020Gift 203 shares of Chevron Corporation³⁰
Nov 25, 2020Gift 203 shares of Chevron Corporation³⁰
May 27, 2020Granted 2,411 shares of Chevron Corporation³¹
Feb 28, 2020Bought 6,551 shares at $91.43 of Chevron Corporation³²
May 29, 2019Granted 1,901 shares of Chevron Corporation³³
May 30, 2018Granted 1,853 shares of Chevron Corporation³⁴
May 11, 2018Gift 125 shares of Chevron Corporation³⁴
May 11, 2018Gift 125 shares of Chevron Corporation³⁴
May 31, 2017Granted 2,162 shares of Chevron Corporation³⁵
May 25, 2016Granted 2,245 shares of Chevron Corporation³⁶
Aug 7, 2015Bought 5,950 shares at $83.74 of Chevron Corporation³⁷

Trade performance

Date	Stock	Trade	Value	Return since	Vs S&P since	Vs S&P, 1 year
Feb 28, 2020	CVX	Buy	$599.0K	+141.0%	−19.5%	−22.2%

Returns are price-only (no dividends), measured from the trade date.

Early life and education

Date not recordedHarvard University³
Date not recordedGeorgia Tech³
Date not recordedHarvard Business School³

Career

Occupation: businessperson.⁸

Since 2018Board member, Oracle Corporation⁷
Since 2012Board member, Chevron Corporation⁶
2004 to 2015Chief executive, Norfolk Southern Corporation⁵
Date not recordedWorked at Southern Railway⁴
Date not recordedWorked at Norfolk Southern Railway⁴
Date not recordedWorked at Amtrak⁴

Moorman is a 1975 graduate of Georgia Tech and Harvard Business School, he joined Norfolk Southern predecessor, Southern Railway, in 1970 as a Co-Op while still attending Georgia Tech. He was also a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity.

On December 9, 2010, Railway Age named Moorman the Railroader of the Year recipient for 2011.

In 2011, Moorman was involved in the launch of the 21st Century Steam, a revival of Norfolk Southern's popular steam excursion program which had been ended in 1994. On June 1, 2013, Moorman was succeeded as president of Norfolk Southern by James A. Squires.

On August 19, 2016, Amtrak announced that Moorman had been selected to become the railroad's new president and CEO to succeed Joseph H. Boardman on September 1. Moorman, who had stated that he only intended to serve as a "transitional CEO", served as CEO for less than one year before former Delta Air Lines executive Richard Anderson was named president and co-CEO in June 2017. Moorman remained with Amtrak as co-CEO with Anderson until the end of 2017 before transitioning into an advisory role in 2018.

On February 8, 2020, it was announced that the East Broad Top Foundation had acquired most of the railroad assets of the East Broad Top Railroad and Coal Company. It was announced that Moorman was the president of the foundation.