- Great American Business Leaders of the Twentieth Century
William C. MacInnes
TECO Energy
1954 - 1967
Utilities & Energy
b. 1902
| Education |  |
|---|---|
| Undergraduate | Dalhousie University |
| Graduate | MS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Personal | |
|---|---|
| Born-Died | 1902 - 1986 |
| Birthplace | Canada |
| Race | White |
| Father | Farmer / Rancher |
MacInnes was instrumental in orchestrating the growth of TECO Energy from a small $17 million operation with 700 employees to an $860 million enterprise with 3,500 employees. While ridiculed at the time, MacInnes converted TECO’s power plants to coal-fired generation from oil-fired generation. In so doing, he secured a safe and reliable source of power and embarked on a successful vertical integration program that enabled TECO to be one of the best performing utilities in the United States.