Who would have thought? Aubrey McClendon, Chesapeake Energy?s (CHK) founder and only CEO ever, who ran the company like a personal piggy bank despite owning just over 1/4 of 1% of shares outstanding, is finally gone. Ostensibly, Aubrey and the board suffered pangs of ?philosophical? differences. Aubrey has for all these many years been chief of the tribe, so taking directions from the board and Carl Icahn probably doesn?t peacefully coexist with his habit of giving orders. It?s tough to be an Indian when you have been the big chief for so long?..More on philosophy in a moment.
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