Raymond Plank

Raymond Plank
Chairman of Apache Corporation

Raymond Plank (May 29, 1922 – November 8, 2018) was the founder and chairman of Apache Corporation. Under Plank’s leadership, Apache expanded its oil and gas operations internationally from a $250,000 capitalization to a market capitalization of over $30 billion.[1] Plank invented the Master Limited Partnership[2] and exposed corruption at Enron[3] and within the energy merchant trading sector.

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  2. ^ "The Appeal of Master Limited Partnerships to Investors". OilPrice.com. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
  3. ^ "Oil-drilling's outspoken captain". Wall Street Journal: Market Watch. Retrieved 18 March 2014.