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Debra Reed

American business executive

Debra L. Reed (born 1957) is an American businesswoman who was the CEO of Sempra Energy from 2011 until her retirement in 2018. She was the first female CEO of Sempra Energy, a Fortune 500 energy services holding company based in San Diego, California.2

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

Born 1957.1

Companies

Holdings

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

Shares held

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

Recent filings

Trade performance

DateStockTradeValueReturn sinceVs S&P sinceVs S&P, 1 year
Aug 7, 2019CVXBuy$502.1K+88.9%−79.1%−42.7%

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

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedUSC Viterbi School of Engineering3
  • Date not recordedUniversity of Southern California3

Reed was born and raised in Southern California.

In 1978, Reed earned her BS in Civil Engineering (summa cum laude) from the University of Southern California. In 1986, she received her license for Engineer in Training.

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Career

Occupation: businessperson.8

Reed was chairman of Sempra Energy from 2012 to 2018 and chief executive officer from 2011 to 2018. She was promoted from her previous role as executive vice president at the firm. Before moving into the management of Sempra Energy, Reed was chief financial officer and thereafter (2006 to 2010) President and CEO of two Sempra subsidiaries, San Diego Gas & Electric and Southern California Gas Co (SoCalGas). She retired in 2018 and was replaced by Jeffrey Martin.

In her role at Sempra, Reed presided over $37bn in assets, operated revenues of $10+bn and 17,000 employees. Reed started at SoCalGas in 1978. Her total compensation for 2013, $9,792,288 and her stock ownership for 2014, 57,762.

In 1988, Reed became SoCalGas’s first female officer. She was one of few female 500 CEOs from the Fortune 500 companies.

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Business awards

In 2014, Reed was appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Energy to the National Petroleum Council. Fortune Magazine has named her to its list of "Most Powerful Women in Business" six consecutive times, ranking her #23 in 2015 and #22 in 2016.

In 2025, Wall Street Journal named her #3 on their list of "Most Influential Directors."

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Personal life

  • Born1957, Southern California9

Reed lives with her husband and daughter in San Diego.

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