Primary Job Title Founder Primary Organization 
LINN Energy
Gender Male
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Michael C. Linn is the President of MCL Ventures, LLC, an investment company. He also serves as Director and Founder on the Board of Directors of LINN Energy, LLC (Nasdaq: LINE), where he previously served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer as well as Executive Chairman. Mr. Linn founded LINN Energy in 2003, and the company became
the first publicly traded E&P partnership in 2006.
Mr. Linn serves on the National Petroleum Council and the board of the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA). He was named 2011 IPAA Chief Roughneck of the Year, serves as Chairman of the IPAA Political Action Committee and is a former IPAA Chairman. Mr. Linn is a Texas Representative for the Legal and Regulatory Affairs Committee of the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission. He was previous chairman and currently serves on the Natural Gas Council. He also served as Director of the Natural Gas Supply Association and President of the Independent Oil and Gas Associations of New York, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
Mr. Linn graduated cum laude from Villanova University with a BA in Political Science and cum laude from the University of Baltimore School of Law. His civic affiliations include serving on the board of trustees for the Texas Heart Institute, Texas Children’s Hospital and Museum of Fine Arts Houston. He serves on the board of directors for Houston Children’s Charity and the Houston Police Foundation. In addition, he serves on the MD Anderson Cancer Center Board of Visitors, the Dean’s Executive Advisory Board for the University of Houston C.T. Bauer College of Business, and Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business Council of Overseers.
