20 Facts About Richard Kinder

Richard D Kinder was born on October 19,1944 and is an American businessman.

Richard Kinder is the co-founder and executive chairman of Kinder Morgan Inc.

Richard Kinder was born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, in 1944.

Richard Kinder received a BA in 1966 and a JD in 1968, both from the University of Missouri.

Richard Kinder began his career in the energy business as an attorney with Florida Gas Transmission, which eventually became Enron Corporation, after a series of mergers Richard Kinder had been friends with its founder, Kenneth Lay, in college.

Richard Kinder resigned from Enron in 1996 to start a new pipeline company with college friend William V Morgan.

Richard Kinder is the chairman of the board of trustees of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and serves as chairman of the Kinder Foundation.

Richard Kinder previously served as a member of the board of Baker Hughes, Transocean and Waste Management, as a national board member of the Smithsonian Institution and is a past chairman of the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America.

In 2014, Richard Kinder was listed on Forbes Richest People in the US.

Richard Kinder is one of seven self-made billionaires from Houston on the list, with a net worth of $11 billion.

Richard Kinder is twice married, with one child from his first marriage.

Richard Kinder's divorce was in 1996, the same year he left Enron.

In 2022, the Richard Kinder Foundation granted Rice another $50 million to expand the Richard Kinder Institute's work to solve challenges facing Houston.

In 2018, the Richard Kinder Foundation gave an additional $25 million challenge grant to complete the capital campaign goal of $450 million.

In November 2020, the museum's new Nancy and Rich Richard Kinder Building for modern and contemporary art opened to the public.

The Richard Kinder Foundation contributed more than $3.5 million to Houston's COVID-19 relief efforts, including $1 million to the Houston Food Bank in April 2020 and $1 million to the City of Houston's second rental assistance package.

The Richard Kinder Foundation contributed an initial $10 million for the park's creation.

In 2010, the Richard Kinder Foundation approached the Buffalo Bayou Partnership with a catalyst grant of $30 million of the $58 million needed for improvements to the existing 160-acre, 2.3 mile stretch of Buffalo Bayou from Shepherd Drive to Sabine Street.

In September 2022, the Richard Kinder Foundation granted $100 million to the Buffalo Bayou Partnership for Buffalo Bayou East, a 10-year, $310 million project to expand Buffalo Bayou Park from downtown to Houston's East End.

The Richard Kinder Foundation gave an additional $25 million in November 2022 to expand faculty and popular program offerings, bringing the total philanthropy from Rich and Nancy Richard Kinder and the foundation to $60 million.