wshaw: Richard Kinder, co-Founder and Executive Chairman of KMI, is a brillinat and very honorable man. At one time he was President and COO of Enron and should have become CEO and Chairman of Enron. Had that happened, Enron would very likely still be around as Rich Kinder would never have allowed what happened to happen. He left Enron in 1996 reportedly because he did not agree with the direction of the company, which had been primarily a pipeline entity, and started KMI with his good friend, William Morgan. And the rest is history.