Natural Resources >> CEO Interviews >> March 5, 1999

Eugene Isenberg – Nabors Industries Inc (nbr)

EUGENE ISENBERG is the Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Nabors Industries, Inc., the world's largest land and offshore platform drilling company. He has led the Houston based company since 1987. He also serves as a director of Danielson Holding Corp., an insurance holding company. From 1969 to 1982, Mr. Isenberg was Chairman of the Board and principal shareholder of Genimar, Inc., a steel trading and building products manufacturing company, which he sold in 1982. From 1955 to 1968, Mr. Isenberg was employed in various management capacities with the Exxon Corp. Mr. Isenberg is the founding and principal sponsor of the Parkside School for learning disabled children. The University of Massachusetts' 'Eugene M. Isenberg School of Management' was so named in recognition of his significant contributions towards new facilities, his funding of scholarships, and his endowment of a professorship. He also supports the Performing Arts and other various charities in Palm Beach. Profile
TWST: Can you give us a brief overview of Nabors and a little bit of the

company's history just to set the stage for the readers?

Mr. Isenberg: Nabors has now become the largest land and