John Arnold born in Texas in 1974
Graduated from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee with a B.A. in
Mathematics and Economics in 1995
Joined energy trading company Enron
Traded oil and then natural gas and earned the moniker 'King of Natural Gas'
Earned company three-quarters of a billion dollars in 2001 and was given
largest bonus in their history - $8 million
After Enron went bust, took its top traders and set up Centaurus Energy
Company earned $1 billion while betting gas prices would fall in 2006
Formed NGS Energy, a natural gas storage company, in 2006
Set up Laura and John Arnold Foundation
Retired and closed Centaurus in 2012