Since 2000, Rose has been Chief Executive Officer of BNSF Railway Company, which became a Berkshire Hathaway-owned company in 2010. He has also held the position of Chairman since 2000.
In June of 1999, he was made President and Chief Operating Officer. For almost two years prior to that, he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Operations Officer. He joined Burlington Northern Railroad (BN) in 1993 and held several positions in the Merchandise Business Unit. Prior to that, he held several positions in the trucking industry.
Rose holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Missouri, where he majored in marketing and minored in logistics. He is a member of the Board of Directors of AMR Corporation; a member of the Board of Directors of AT&T Inc.; current Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Association of American Railroads; a member of the President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness; a member of the Board of Directors of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce; a member of the Texas Business Leadership Council; a member of Business Roundtable; a member of The Business Council; a member of the Board of Trustees of Texas Christian University; and a member of the Boy Scouts of America National Executive Board. He was also a member of the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission.
Headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, BNSF Railway Company operates one of the largest rail systems in North America, with 32,000 route miles covering 28 states and two Canadian provinces.