Death of a Shale Man: The Final Days of Aubrey McClendon
- Busy agenda of wheeling and dealing in days before fatal crash
- From gas deals to Oklahoma River white-water kayaking project
Aubrey McClendon: His Final Days
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Aubrey McClendon awoke that Tuesday, as he had 10,000 times before, ready to work a deal.
McClendon, co-founder of Chesapeake Energy Corp., had ridden more wild ups and downs in America’s energy patch than just about anyone. But on March 1, as the world closed in on him, McClendon had something else on his mind. That morning he was e-mailing about a riverfront development in his hometown of Oklahoma City, the place where he’d gambled so much for so long.