Riverstone Holdings LLC, a leading energy and power-focused private investment firm, announced that James T. Hackett has joined the firm as a Partner and will co-head its Houston office. From 2003 to 2012, Mr. Hackett was Chief Executive Officer of Anadarko Petroleum Company, where he served as Chairman of the Board of Directors from 2006 to 2013.
Mr. Hackett stepped down from Anadarko on June 4, 2013 as part of a long-planned succession process. Earlier in his career, he was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Ocean Energy and, after that, President and Chief Operating Officer of Devon Energy. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Illinois and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard University.
