Before Steven Kobos ran Excelerate Energy, he helped write the agreements that carried it into new markets. His next chapter connects floating terminals, fuel supply and power - with the hard work waiting at the shore.

From locomotives to LNG equipment, Lorenzo Simonelli has built a career around turning industrial plans into working machinery. His latest task at Baker Hughes is to make a larger, more varied business pull together.

The Williams CEO spent his career connecting energy supplies to the people who need them. The AI boom has made that old problem newly urgent.

An architect by training, McDermott’s chairman and CEO has spent his career crossing the line between design and construction. His recurring concern is what happens when the people on either side start talking.