Over at BNET’s Corner Office blog, Peter Galuszka profiles Donald Blankenship, CEO of Massey Energy, the number four coal producer in the U.S.
Dubbing Blankenship “the kind of executive liberal elites love to hate,” Galuszka notes his history of dubious environmental practices, browbeating unions, and shutting the press out of Massey’s annual meetings. Yet Massey is flying high right now as coal prices soar in the wake of oil’s rise — its shares now trade near $60, up from the high teens just last summer.
Here’s a photo of Blankenship in happier times, when he was threatening to have an ABC cameraman shot if he kept filming in the parking lot of a Massey office in Belfry, Ky.:
Source: ABC News
