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Episode #26 The Energy Insider Podcast: Fueling Growth through Acquisitions, with Harold Marx, Director at NRG

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The Energy Insider podcast recently released Episode #26, featuring Harold Marx, Director at NRG, and hosted by Jack Doueck of the Energy Marketing Conference

How do you scale to millions of customers in one ofthe most competitive, fragmented industries in the country?

You don’t do it organically.

In this episode, Jack Doueck sits down with Harold Marx, Director of Consumer Energy M&A at NRG, for a behind-the-scenes look at how one of the largest players in retail energy executed a relentless, disciplined acquisition strategy to build an 8 million customer powerhouse.

This isn’t a theoretical conversation. Harold has spent nearly two decades leading M&A at NRG, closing transactions that have fundamentally reshaped the competitive energy landscape.

Listen now to understand how scale is really built in this business -- and where the next wave of consolidation is headed.




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