Natural Resources >> CEO Interviews >> May 1, 2005
ROBERT W. BEST has been Chairman of the Board, President and Chief
Executive Officer of Atmos Energy Corporation since March 1997. Before
joining Atmos Energy, Mr. Best was Senior Vice President, regulated
businesses of Consolidated Natural Gas Company from 1996-1997. He was
Senior Vice President of Transco Energy Company and President and Chief
Operating Officer of Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation from
1992-1995. He also served as President and Chief Operating Officer of
Texas Gas Transmission Corporation from 1985 to 1995, as its Vice
President and General Counsel from 1981 to 1985 and as Senior Attorney
from 1974 to 1981. Mr. Best earned an undergraduate degree from Indiana
State University and a juris doctorate degree from the University of
Indiana. Profile
the past year at Atmos that investors should focus on?
Mr. Best: Since last year, we acquired TXU Gas, and that was
