OVERLAND PARK, Kan., April 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ferrellgas
Partners, L.P. (NYSE: FGP), one of the nation's largest propane
distributors, today announced that it has named Steve Wambold President and
Chief Operating Officer.
Prior to this promotion, Wambold had oversight of the company's
nationwide propane distribution business, which includes the retail propane
operations, the propane tank-exchange business, nationally branded under
the name Blue Rhino, and the Ferrell North America commodity risk
management operations. This most recent promotion to President gives
Wambold oversight of the company's sales, marketing and human resources
functions.
Wambold joined the company in 1997 as a District Manager of its
Mulberry, Indiana, office. In 2004 Wambold was named a Region Vice
President and in 2005 he was promoted to Senior Vice President of
Ferrellgas Retail Operations. That position brought him to the company's
corporate headquarters in Overland Park, Kansas, where he took a seat on
Ferrellgas' Executive Committee.
"I have been in this business now for more than 40 years, and no one
has impressed me more with his leadership skills than Steve Wambold," says
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jim Ferrell. "Steve is the ideal
businessman, smart and people-oriented, and has made this company hum like
never before. Ferrellgas will be well served with Steve in this important
role."
Ferrellgas Partners, L.P. is a Fortune 1000 company and, through its
operating partnership, Ferrellgas, L.P., serves more than one million
customers in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and
Canada. Ferrellgas employees indirectly own more than 18 million common
units of the partnership through an employee stock ownership plan.
Contact: Ryan VanWinkle, Investor Relations, 913-661-1528
Scott Brockelmeyer, Media Relations, 913-661-1830
SOURCE Ferrellgas Partners, L.P.
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Related links:
http://www.ferrellgas.com
CONTACT:
Ryan VanWinkle, Investor Relations,
+1-913-661-1528, or Scott Brockelmeyer, Media Relations,
+1-913-661-1830, both of Ferrellgas Partners, L.P.
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