Don L. Blankenship is President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Massey Energy Company, a New York Stock Exchange Fortune 1000 company.
Born March 14, 1950, in Stopover, Kentucky, Blankenship is a native and current resident of America’s Appalachian mountains, home to some of the highest quality coal in the world. He began working in coal mines at 19 years of age.
This year will be his 15th as President of Massey.
He is a certified public accountant and was recently inducted into the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Business and Industry Hall of Fame. He also received the “Most Distinguished Alumni” award and was inducted into the “Business Hall of Fame” at his alma mater, Marshall University.
Blankenship serves on the Board of Directors of the U.S. National Mining Association, the Board of Directors of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Board of Directors of CEED (Center for Energy and Economic Development).
During Blankenship’s tenure at Massey, the company’s value has multiplied eightfold; its reserve holdings have tripled; and it has become the largest producer of metallurgical coal in the U.S., the largest coal company in the U.S. Central Appalachia region, and the fourth largest coal company in America based on produced coal revenue.
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