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News / Biz Meet Bill Johnson — the guy who may be Duke Energy's next CEO
Posted By Rhiannon Fionn-Bowman on Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 8:58 AM
As you've probably heard by now, Charlotte's Duke Energy is trying to merge with Progress Energy, which provides electricity to parts of North Carolina. If regulators approve the merger, Progress' Bill Johnson, a lawyer, will likely become Duke's new CEO.
Yesterday, CNBC published an interview with Johnson where he discussed the energy industry, how it makes money, plans for nuclear plants and more.
I'm going to skip to the last question, but you can read the entire interview here.
Q: Will you be comfortable in the role of the CEO of the biggest company in your industry?A: Oh yeah, I'm quite comfortable with it. I grew up on my feet, trying cases. I'm pretty adept in speaking forums and I'm a pretty quick thinker. The things that matter in business don't change based on the size of the platform. But a couple of things do change. You are the biggest player so your impact on policy changes. I'm going to have to take a higher profile. It'll be a little different, but I'd say I'm looking forward to it.
Alrighty then.
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