Natural Resources >> CEO Interviews >> March 4, 2013
Steven J. Kean became President and Chief Operating Officer of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P., effective March 31, 2013. Previously, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer and a member of the office of the Chairman of Kinder Morgan, the largest midstream and the third largest energy company, based on combined enterprise value, in North America. The Kinder Morgan family of companies includes Kinder Morgan, Inc. (KMI), Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. (KMP), Kinder Morgan Management, LLC (KMR) and El Paso Pipeline Partners (EPB). Mr. Kean also is on the boards of KMI and EPB. Mr. Kean joined the company in 2002 as Vice President of Strategic Planning for the company's natural gas pipelines and was named President of the Texas Intrastate Pipeline Group that same year; he became Executive Vice President of Operations and joined the office of the Chairman in 2005, and was named Chief Operating Officer in 2006. He also served as President of the natural gas pipelines segment during 2008 and 2009. Mr. Kean has worked in the energy industry since 1985 in various commercial, legal and regulatory positions, primarily in the wholesale energy and pipeline sectors. He holds a bachelor's from Iowa State University and a law degree from the University of Iowa. Profile
TWST: If you could, please start by giving us a brief history of Kinder Morgan and the four publicly traded companies under its umbrella.
Mr. Kean: Rich Kinder and Bill Morgan formed