Richard Kinder

Richard Kinder is an American billionaire businessman. He is the co-founder and executive chairman of Kinder Morgan Inc., an energy and pipeline corporation. 

  • Kinder chairs oil and gas pipeline giant Kinder Morgan, the largest U.S. energy infrastructure firm, which owns or operates 84,000 miles of pipeline.
  • He cofounded Kinder Morgan in 1997 after stepping down as president of energy and commodities firm Enron Corp.
  • Kinder stepped down as CEO of Kinder Morgan in June 2015.
  • His Kinder Foundation funds education, urban green space and quality of life initiatives in Houston.
  • In October 2015 Kinder donated $25 million to the University of Missouri to support studies of the U.S. constitution.