Kelcy Warren is the chairman and CEO of Energy Transfer Partners, which owns the Dakota Access Pipeline.
Kelcy Warren studied at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. He earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from LSU in 1984. In 1985 he received his MBA from Harvard Business School.
Warren has been involved with energy since 1980, when he joined Phillips Petroleum Company as an oil field engineer. From 1986 to 1990, he worked for ExxonMobil as a senior manager in the company’s exploration division.
In 1991, he founded Energy Transfer Partners, where he served as its president until 2009. Since then, he has held various positions within the company, including vice-chairman, chief operating officer, and executive vice-president.
In 2012 Warren was named one of Fortune magazine’s “Most Powerful People in Energy.”
Kelcy Warren has been a significant player in the fight against the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s protest camp at Cannon Ball, North Dakota. Last year, he was also involved in the Keystone XL pipeline protests in Texas.
Kelcy Warren was born in Dallas, Texas, on January 16th, 1970. His father, James Warren, founded the company now known as Energy Transfer Partners.
In 2012, he donated $1 million to the Republican Party. In 2014, he gave another $500,000 to the GOP. He has also given money to Mitt Romney, Rick Perry, Jeb Bush, Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, Mike Lee, John Cornyn, David Vitter, and Tom Cotton.
He has also contributed to the campaigns of Donald Trump, Chris Christie, Ben Carson, Carly Fiorina, Marco Rubio, Bobby Jindal, Scott Walker, George Pataki, and Rick Santorum.
Kelcy Warren is married to his high school sweetheart, Mary Kaye. They have two children: a daughter named Elizabeth and a son named James. The couple lives in Dallas, Texas. During his free time, he likes to spend time with family, play golf, read books, watch movies, listen to music, and travel. Refer to this page for more information.
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