Bruce Williamson (businessman)
Bruce Williamson is an American energy company executive. He is best known as a former chief executive office (CEO) for global markets of North Carolina-based Duke Energy and CEO of Houston-based Dynegy.[1]
Williamson was born in Great Falls, Montana to George and June Williamson,[2] and graduated from Great Falls High School in 1977. He spent his freshman year of college at the University of Idaho, transferred to the University of Montana-Missoula, and graduated with a Bachelor's degree in finance in 1981.[2] After discovering that the only employment he could get in Montana was a $10,000-a-year bank job, he took a position with Shell Oil in Houston, Texas, largely because a friend lived there.[2] He later obtained a Master of Business Administration from the University of Houston.[2]
Williamson left Shell to work for Pan Energy Corporation. Pan Energy merged with the Duke Power Company in 1997 to become Duke Energy.[2] Williamson rose to the position of President and CEO of Duke Energy Global Markets.[1] In 2002, he was named President and Chief Executive Officer of Dynegy.[2] Williamson resigned as CEO of Dynegy on February 10, 2011, after two takeovers over the company (both of which he supported) failed.[3] In July 2011 he was named president and CEO of Cleco Corporation, a utility holding company based in Louisiana.[4][5]
Williamson and his wife, Kim, have two daughters.[2]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Ex-Officer of Duke Energy Is Named Chief of Dynegy." New York Times. October 24, 2002.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Black, Jo Dee. "Former Great Falls Man Takes Helm of Texas Energy Company." Great Falls Tribune. October 25, 2002.
- ↑ "Dynegy's Top Executives to Resign in Wake of Failed Deals." New York Times. February 21, 2011. Accessed 2012-07-06.
- ↑ "Bruce Williamson". Forbes. Retrieved 2013-11-22.
- ↑ "Executive Officers". Cleco Corporation. Retrieved 2013-11-22.