Oliver G. Richard

Last updated

Oliver G. "Rick" Richard, III (born 1952) is an American businessman. He is currently the president of Empire of the Seed, a Louisianan consulting firm, and chairman of CleanFuel USA. He achieved national prominence for his work in the changing northeast energy sector.

Contents

He was chairman, president and chief executive of the Fortune 500 company Columbia Energy Group; chairman, president and chief executive of the Fortune 1000 company New Jersey Resources; president and chief executive of Northern Natural Gas Pipeline; and vice president of Tenngasco.

He served on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission as a commissioner from 1982 to 1985.

Early life

Richard was born (1952) and raised in Lake Charles, Louisiana. He married Donna Guzman July 6, 1974. They have one son.

Education

Richard earned a Bachelor of Arts in journalism from Louisiana State University in 1974. [1] He went on to earn a Juris Doctor from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center in 1977, and a Master of Law in taxation from Georgetown University in 1981.

He was awarded the LSU Foundation's President's Award in 2003. [1]

Career

Richard was made CEO of the Herndon-based Columbia Energy Group in April 1995. He ran the company until its merger with NiSource in November 2000.

Related Research Articles

Sean OKeefe American politician, businessman and academic

Sean Charles O'Keefe is a university professor at Syracuse University Maxwell School, former chairman of Airbus Group, Inc., former Secretary of the Navy, former Administrator of NASA, and former chancellor of Louisiana State University (LSU). He is a former member of the board of directors of DuPont.

Winton M. Blount American industrialist and postmaster general

Winton Malcolm Blount Jr., known as Red Blount, was the United States Postmaster General from January 22, 1969, to January 1, 1972. He founded and served as the chief executive officer of the large construction company, Blount International, based in Montgomery, Alabama.

Bob Lutz (businessman) Swiss American automotive executive (born 1932)

Robert Anthony Lutz is a Swiss American automotive executive. He served as a top leader of all of the United States Big Three, having been in succession executive vice president of Ford Motor Company, president and then vice chairman of Chrysler Corporation, and vice chairman of General Motors.

Donald Edward Graham is the majority owner and chairman of Graham Holdings Company. He was formerly the publisher of The Washington Post (1979–2000) and later was the lead independent director of Facebook's board of directors (2009–2015).

Rick Wagoner

George Richard "Rick" Wagoner Jr. is an American businessman and former chair and chief executive officer of General Motors. Wagoner resigned as chairman and CEO at General Motors on March 29, 2009, at the request of the White House. The latter part of Wagoner's tenure as CEO of General Motors found him under heavy criticism as the market valuation of GM went down by more than 90% and the company lost more than US$82 billion. He is a board member of ChargePoint, an electric vehicle infrastructure company.

The Paul M. Hebert Law Center, often styled "LSU Law", is a public law school in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It is part of the Louisiana State University System and located on the main campus of Louisiana State University.

Earl E. Anderson

Earl Edward Anderson was an U.S. Marine four-star general. He was the youngest active duty Marine ever promoted to the rank of general and the first active duty Marine Naval Aviator to be promoted to a 4-star rank. He became Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps on April 1, 1972. He was promoted to general on March 31, 1972. General Keith B. McCutcheon had been promoted to four-star rank the day of his retirement for medical reasons on July 1, 1971. During his 35-year Marine career, he served in combat actions in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War.

Henson Moore American politician, attorney and businessman

William Henson Moore III is an American attorney and businessman who is a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives, having represented Louisiana's 6th congressional district, based about Baton Rouge, from 1975 to 1987. He was only the second Republican to have represented Louisiana in the House since Reconstruction, the first having been David C. Treen, then of Jefferson Parish.

J. Skelly Wright American judge

James Skelly Wright was a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and previously was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.

Charles Noski American business executive

Charles H. Noski was the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Wells Fargo & Company from March 2020 to August 2021. He previously held a variety of positions, including the position of CFO at AT&T, Bank of America, and Northrop Grumman, as well as the positions of director and chairman of the audit committee of Microsoft.

August Anheuser Busch III is a great-grandson of Anheuser-Busch founder Adolphus Busch and was the company's Chairman until November 30, 2006. August Busch III is informally known as "Auggie" and as "The Third" or "Three Sticks" by subordinates and employees at Anheuser-Busch.

Shantanu Narayen Indian American business executive and CEO of Adobe

Shantanu Narayen is an Indian American business executive. He has been the chairman, president, and chief executive officer (CEO) of Adobe Inc. since December 2007. Before this, he was the company's president and chief operating officer since 2005.

Frank Zarb

Frank Gustave Zarb is an American businessman and former Republican politician. He is perhaps best known as the chairman and ceo of the NASDAQ stock exchange during the dot-com boom of the late 1990s. He is also known for his role as the "Energy Czar" under President Gerald Ford during the 1970s energy crisis.

Walter John Leger III, known as Walt Leger, was Speaker pro tempore of the Louisiana House of Representatives and the representative for District 91, which includes Central City, Uptown, the Lower Garden District, the Irish Channel, parts of Broadmoor, Gert Town, and Hollygrove in New Orleans, Louisiana. Leger is a member of the Democratic Party.

Glen F. Post III was the chief executive officer and president of CenturyLink, an S&P 500 integrated communications service provider based out of Monroe, Louisiana. He earned a bachelor's degree in accounting in 1974 at Louisiana Tech University and an MBA in 1976 at Louisiana Tech. Post joined CenturyTel in 1976. He was named vice president in 1982 and was promoted to senior vice president and treasurer in 1984. He was appointed to the CenturyTel board of directors in 1985, and the following year he was promoted to senior vice president and chief financial officer. In 1988 Post was named executive vice president and chief operating officer. He became the president and chief operating officer of CenturyTel in 1990. In 1992 Post was named vice chairman of the board, president, and chief executive officer. In 2002 he was appointed chairman of the board and chief executive officer. Since 2009 Post has served as chief executive officer and president of CenturyLink. His honors include: Louisiana Tech College of Administration and Business Distinguished Alumni in 1991, Louisiana Tech University Tower Medallion Award in 1997 and DeGree Enterprises Lifetime Achievement Award in Business 2003.

Ralph Izzo is an American businessman and former nuclear physicist. He is the Chairman, President, and CEO of Public Service Enterprise Group, a Fortune 500 energy company headquartered in New Jersey. He is also the Chairman of the Nuclear Energy Institute, a nuclear industry trade association based in Washington, D.C..

References

  1. 1 2 Unattributed (Summer 2009), "2009 inductees into the LSUAA Hall of Distinction: Oliver G. "Rick" Richard, III" (PDF), LSU Alumni Magazine, 85 (2), p. 43, retrieved 2009-08-31