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Owens is a Managing Director at Front Range Resources, a Denver-based land and water development firm. He is on a number of public boards including Key Energy (NYSE:KEG); Cloud Peak Energy (NYSE); Keating Capital, Inc.; and FESCO, a Russian holding company listed on the Moscow exchange which is Russia's second largest railroad. Owens is also on a number of private boards including Great Western Oil and Gas and Vision Logistics, and advises two private equity funds.
Owens joined the University of Denver's Institute for Public Policy Studies in January 2007 as a senior fellow.
Owens was an early supporter of Mitt Romney's 2008 Presidential campaign. After Romney dropped out of the race, Owens worked actively for John McCain's campaign. He endorsed Romney again for the 2012 Republican nomination.
After several media outlets confused him with another Bill Owens who was running in a high-profile special election in Northern New York, former Governor Owens endorsed his opponent, Doug Hoffman.
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