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KENNETH D. RICE
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Enron Broadband Services, Inc.
Ken Rice is chairman and CEO of Enron Broadband Services, where he oversees the development of Enron's emerging communications business, consisting primarily of network services, content delivery and bandwidth trading and intermediation.
Enron Broadband Services operates a 15,000-mile nationwide fiber optic network dedicated to high bandwidth, pure IP (Internet Protocol) service. This network serves as the foundation for the Enron Intelligent Network through which Enron provides an infrastructure for the delivery of broadband content and applications, as well as electronic commerce. Enron Broadband Serivces is also developing cash and forward markets to enable the trading of bandwidth and related risk management and financial products and services.
Mr. Rice began his career in the energy industry in 1980 as a project engineer with InterNorth, one of the pipeline companies that merged to form Enron in 1985. Throughout his tenure with Enron, Mr. Rice has held various positions in engineering, marketing, transportation, and executive management. He has been instrumental in the development, growth, and management of Enron's nonregulated natural gas and electric power merchant activities. Prior to joining Enron Broadband Services, Mr. Rice was chairman and CEO of Enron Capital & Trade Resources - now Enron Wholesale Services, the largest, most diverse energy merchant in North America.
Mr. Rice received a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Nebraska, and an MBA from Creighton University.
Enron is one of the world's leading electricity, natural gas and communications companies. The company,
with revenues of $101 billion in 2000,
markets electricity and natural gas,
delivers physical commodities and financial and risk management services to customers around the world,
and has developed an intelligent network platform to facilitate online business.
Fortune magazine has named Enron "America's Most Innovative Company" for six consecutive years.
Enron's Internet address is www.enron.com.
The stock is traded under the ticker symbol "ENE."
Date of birth: August 23, 1958
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