Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> August 13, 2001

William Murdy – Comfort Systems Usa Inc (fix)

WILLIAM F. MURDY is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Comfort Systems USA, Inc. Prior to Comfort, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Club Quarters, a privately owned, rapidly growing chain of membership hotels catering to corporate travelers to major cities in the US and Europe. Until July 1999, he was Chairman, President and CEO of LandCare USA, Inc. LandCare grew to be the country's largest commercial landscape and tree services company before merging with ServiceMaster in 1999. Prior to LandCare, Mr. Murdy was President and Chief Executive Officer for eight years of General Investment and Development, a large, privately held, diversified real estate investment, development and operating company, and before that, from 1981 to 1989, Managing General Partner of the Morgan Stanley Venture Capital Fund and President of its associated management company. From 1974 to 1981 he served in a number of positions including Chief Operating Officer of Pacific Resources, a rapidly growing $1 billion company in the oil and gas sector. He is a graduate of the Harvard Business School and the United States Military Academy at West Point. He served in the United States Army from 1964 to 1974, including two tours of duty in Vietnam and three years teaching at West Point. He serves on the Board of Directors as well as the Audit and Compensation Committees of UIL Holdings; the Board and is the Chairman of the Compensation Committee of Kaiser Aluminum; and the Boards of NetVersant and Compact Power Inc. He is a member of the National Board and Executive Committee of Business Executives for National Security, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Corporate Council and the Council on Foreign Relations. Profile
TWST: Could you begin with a brief historical sketch of Comfort Systems

USA and a picture of what the company is doing now?

Mr. Murdy: Comfort Systems is a consolidation of heating,