What is Chris Cline?
'''Christopher Cline''' (July 5, 1958 – July 4, 2019) was an [[Americans|American]] [[billionaire]] businessman and [[philanthropist]]. He was most active in the [[coal mining]] industry. He is said to have have been responsible for [[wikt:revive|reviving]] the [[Illinois]] coal industry. As of March 2013, he was the majority owner of Foresight Reserves LP, with the headquarters in [[St. Louis, Missouri]]. He had a [[net worth]] of [[US$]]1.8 billion at the time of his death in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/christopher-cline/|title=Forbes profile: Christopher Cline|work=[[Forbes]]|access-date=July 6, 2019}}</ref> Cline was born in [[Beckley, West Virginia]]. He was married twice and had four children. On July 4, 2019, one day before his 61st birthday, Cline died in a helicopter crash in the [[Abaco Islands]] of [[the Bahamas]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/05/us/chris-cline-dead.html|title=Chris Cline, Coal Mining Entrepreneur, Is Killed in Helicopter Crash|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=July 5, 2019|access-date=July 6, 2019|author1=Stack, Liam|author2=Mariel, Padilla}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Cline, Chris}} [[Category:1958 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Aviation deaths]] [[Category:American billionaires]] [[Category:American philanthropists]] [[Category:Businesspeople from West Virginia]]