How Activist Crusade Against Williams CEO Ended With Mutiny

  • Six directors called for Armstrong’s ouster in failed vote
  • Energy Transfer takeover failure means Armstrong remains CEO
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The bad blood between Williams Cos. chief Alan Armstrong and directors who quit the company’s board on Thursday runs deeper than a $33 billion merger with Energy Transfer Equity LP that just fell apart.

In fact, it goes back years.