Chris Cline

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Chris Cline
Born
Christopher Cline

(1958-07-05)July 5, 1958
Isaban, West Virginia, U.S.
DiedJuly 4, 2019(2019-07-04) (aged 60)
Abaco Islands, The Bahamas
OccupationBusinessman
Years active1980–2019
Spouse(s)Sabrina J. (nee Holley) Cline
(m. 19??; died 1987)[citation needed]
Kelly Cline
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(m. 1993; div. 2000)​
Children4

Chris Cline (July 5, 1958 – July 4, 2019) was an American billionaire entrepreneur and philanthropist. He had been the majority owner of Foresight Reserves LP, headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.[1] Regarded by Bloomberg as the "New King Coal",[2] Cline was considered to have been responsible for reviving the Illinois coal industry. His company has over three billion tons of coal reserves across Illinois and northern Appalachian Mountains.[3]

  1. ^ "Contact Foresight Energy". Foresight.com. Archived from the original on August 15, 2015. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
  2. ^ Lippert, John (October 12, 2010). "New King Coal". Bloomberg Markets Magazine. Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved June 23, 2011. Chris Cline became a billionaire by betting on a dirty fuel the world can't get enough of. With maps of 675 square miles of his Illinois mines before him, Chris Cline recalls the moment he knew the coal in those mines would be worth billions of dollars.
  3. ^ "The Carlyle Group: Foresight Reserves, LP". Carlyle.com. Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved July 10, 2011.