William Macaulay

William Macaulay cofounded private equity firm First Reserve, which deals primarily in the energy industry, in 1983.Macaulay grew up in the Bronx, studied economics at the City University of New York and spent the 1970s in Oppenheimer's private equity business.He stepped down as co-CEO of First Reserve in July 2017 and now serves as the company's executive chairman.He also chairs oil and gas company Weatherford International and retired from the board of Swiss mining and trading giant Glencore in April 2017.