A gambler on shale
Aubrey McClendon dies in a car crash a day after a federal indictment
IT WAS a tragic end to a life that epitomised the winner-takes-all spirit of American capitalism. On March 2nd, the day after he was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of rigging bids for oil-drilling rights, Aubrey McClendon, a founder of Chesapeake Energy and one of the pioneers of America’s natural-gas revolution, died after driving his car at high speed into a wall.
This article appeared in the Business section of the print edition under the headline “A gambler on shale”
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