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Richard D. Kinder is Chairman and CEO of Kinder Morgan, one of the largest pipeline transportation and energy storage companies in North America. The Kinder Morgan companies include Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. (NYSE: KMP), Kinder Morgan Management, LLC (NYSE: KMR) and Knight Inc. (formerly known as Kinder Morgan, Inc.).
Mr. Kinder receives a salary of $1 a year, with no bonuses, stock options or restricted stock grants. He was named CEO of the year by Morningstar for 2005.
Kinder Morgan is one of Fortune magazine's Most Admired Companies. In 2007, Kinder Morgan ranked #1 in the "Pipeline Category." Among all industries in Fortune's list, Kinder Morgan ranked #1 in the "Use of Corporate Assets" and #2 in the "Quality of Management" categories.
Mr. Kinder received his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Missouri and served in Vietnam as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He is a life trustee of the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston.
Kinder Morgan owns an interest in or operates approximately 38,000 miles of pipelines that transport primarily natural gas, crude oil, petroleum products and CO2, and more than 155 terminals that store, transfer and handle products like gasoline and coal. Knight Inc., a private company, owns the general partner interest of KMP, one of the largest publicly traded pipeline limited partnerships in the United States. KMP has an enterprise value of approximately $20 billion. | 