Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Owen Kratz


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The result was delete. --Core desat 07:30, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

Owen Kratz

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Not notable person, WP is not a directory of working people, unless notable. I can find a few PR and business profile references but nothing other than that. Spryde 12:32, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

Response:

Kratz is chairman of Helix Energy, a major company in the offshore oil and gas industry. Helix has a current market value of $3.8 billion, and an enterprise value (market value + debt) of $4.9 billion. Helix common stock is included in the Dow Jones U.S. Oil & Gas Index, the NYSE COMPOSITE INDEX, the NYSE ENERGY SECTOR INDEX, and the S&P 1000 INDEX, among others.

Kratz has been interviewed on national business television a number of times, an example being a Sept. 5, 2005 interview on CNBC.

A Factiva search reveals that Kratz was referenced or interviewed in Helix or oil and gas industry related articles in the LA Times in Jan 2006, the Houston Chronicle in Jan 2006, Offshore Magazine in May 2006, and the Dallas Morning News in October 2006.

On a final note, in 1999 Kratz and his boat, the Joss, placed first in the "The Big Boat Series," a prominent San Francisco Regatta. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Oxmyx (talk • contribs) 13:05, 10 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Comment - That may all be. However none of that is mentioned in the article much less is referenced there. Feel free to add referenced content to the article, then it might asert notability. In it's current state however it doesn't say anything but state he's the chairman and when and how he got the be chairman.  1 redrun  Talk 13:37, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete - Of all the sources you listed, the Houston Chronicle is the one I am inimately familiar with. Every piece on the Chronicles site was a post from PR Newswire or a company listing. None of them were interviews by the paper itself. Offshore Magazine mostly had PR pieces + the one actual article was about Helix Energy developing a technique with quotes from Kratz, not about Kratz himself. As for the LA Times, I cannot find any pieces online about him. Everything about this screams PR piece including the rebuttal above. I have no ties to this article but hate to see PR fodder be included into Wikipedia. Spryde 13:48, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete Any references would need to be about the man, not just mentioning him. Lee Iaccocca is notable - the CEO of the nation's largest popcorn producer is not necessarily notable, regardless of his company's capitalization. Success in business does not equal Wikipedia notability. MarkBul 16:41, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete Individual lacks notability .--JForget 00:16, 11 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletions.  -- Gavin Collins 14:22, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. Vanity, non-notable bio. Keb25 14:42, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep I think "working people" -- presumably meaning businesspeople -- are notable if presidents or CEOs of large corporations. It might be best to first establish the notability of the company, but the information given above would seem enough to do it. DGG (talk) 02:26, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.