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Lawrence S. Coben

Also Known As Coben

chairman, president and CEO of NRG Energy

Education

  • BA in Economics - Yale University
  • MA and Ph.D in Anthropology (Archaeology) - University of Pennsylvania

Overview

Lawrence S. Coben is the Chairman of the board of directors of NRG Energy.

In addition to his academic work in archaeology, Coben has started and run numerous energy companies. He is Chairman of the Board, President and Interim CEO of NRG Energy, the Fortune 200 integrated electricity and home services company. He was the founder and CEO of Tremisis Energy Corporation and was CEO of Tremisis's two eponymous publicly traded affiliates. Coben is on the board of Freshpet, and was an Advisory Partner of Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners. Coben was one of the founders of Catalyst Energy Corporation, one of the nation's first alternative energy companies. Catalyst was #1 on the Inc. Magazine Fastest Growing Public Company List for the years 1982-1986. He is chief executive officer of the New York Stock Exchange traded Bolivian Power Company, Ltd., Bolivia's largest private integrated electric generator and distributor. He was also a director of Prisma Energy and the Chilean utility SAESA, among other companies.

Coben is also an advisor to several politicians and groups on energy policy. Ambassador Dick Swett and he wrote the national energy policy for Senator Joseph Lieberman's 2004 presidential campaign. He is a member of the Department of Homeland Security's Sustainability and Efficiency Task Force and Cleantech and Green Business for Obama[permanent dead link].

Coben wrote the Larry Coben energy policy and cultural heritage blog for the Huffington Post, and his own blog Energizing America, both of which discussed major energy policy and cultural heritage issues and comment on related news from around the globe.

Early Life

Lawrence S. "Larry" Coben WAS born 1958

Career

  • NRG Energy - CEO

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