Hat 1996 bei Enron aufgehört
Career
He began his career in the energy business as an attorney with Florida Gas Transmission,[5] which eventually became Enron Corporation, after a series of mergers[9] He had been friends with its founder, Kenneth Lay, in college.[5] From 1990 to December 1996, he served as its President and COO.[4] He resigned from Enron in 1996 to start a new pipeline company with college friend William V. Morgan.[5][6] They purchased Enron Liquids Pipeline for $40 million.[5] They also merged with KN Energy.[5] After a number of acquisitions, most prominently El Paso Corporation, Kinder Morgan became the largest midstream energy company in North America.
He is a chairman of the board of trustees of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and serves as chairman of the Kinder Foundation. He previously served as a member of the board of Baker Hughes, Transocean and Waste Management, as a national board member of the Smithsonian Institution and is a past chairman of the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America. A Republican, he campaigned for Bush-Quayle in 1992, for Bush-Cheney in 2004, for John McCain in 2008, and for Kay Bailey Hutchison and Tom DeLay.
In 2014, Kinder was listed on Forbes Richest People in the US.[10] Kinder is one of the seven self-made billionaires from Houston on the list, with a net worth of $11 billion.[11] As such, he is the 41st richest American citizen.[5][12][13] |
