COMPANY

Electric utility in Texas. One of its many constituent companies was founded in 1882, the main company becoming Dallas Power & Light in 1917, merging in 1945 with two other companies to become Texas Utilities Company under a holding company, making the arrangement final with a real merger in 1984. The name TXU was adopted in 1999.

Acquired by a consortium of equity investors including Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, Texas Pacific Group and Goldman Sachs in 2007, and renamed Energy Future Holdings.

Official Website:
http://www.txucorp.com/

Industry:
Energy

Ticker:
NYSE:TXU

Corporate headquarters:
Dallas, TX

Sales:
$11B (2003)

Employees:
14200 (2003)

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
David W. Biegler	Business	c. 1946		President & COO of TXU, 1997-2001
Erle A. Nye	Business	Jun-1938		CEO of TXU, 1999-2004
James H. Scott	Business	c. 1943		Morgan Stanley Investment Management
Wes M. Taylor	Business	c. 1942		President, TXU Generation, 1991-2004
C. John Wilder	Business	c. 1958		CEO of TXU, 2004-07

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
David W. Biegler	Business	c. 1946		President & COO of TXU, 1997-2001
Leldon E. Echols	Business	c. 1955		CFO of Centex, 2000-06
Kerney Laday	Business	c. 1943		Former VP at Xerox
Jack E. Little	Business	c. 1938		President of Shell Oil, 1998-99
Gerardo I. Lopez	Business	c. 1959		Senior VP at Starbucks
Erle A. Nye	Business	Jun-1938		CEO of TXU, 1999-2004
James E. Oesterreicher	Business	c. 1942		CEO of JC Penney, 1995-2000
E. Gail de Planque	Physicist	c. 1944		Nuclear physicist
Michael W. Ranger	Business	c. 1958		Diamond Castle Holdings LLC
Leonard H. Roberts	Business	19-Feb-1949		CEO of Radio Shack, 1999-2005
Glenn F. Tilton	Business	c. 1948		CEO of United Air Lines
C. John Wilder	Business	c. 1958		CEO of TXU, 2004-07

EXTRANEOUS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
E. Gail de Planque	Physicist	c. 1944		Nuclear physicist

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