Paolo Rocca has been CEO of the multinational industrial conglomerate Techint Group since 2002. He manages six companies with a total of 52,000 employees. Tenaris, one of his main companies, is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and is valued at US$16 billion. The various companies of the group will play a key role in the construction of the Néstor Kirchner Gas Pipeline, with the supply of the piping (Tenaris) and the construction of a little more than two thirds of the work (Techint). This work will also benefit another company of the group: Tecpetrol.