Bill Drake's partner. Bill did programming, Gene took care of the money. You need both to succeed. I thought Bill had just died recently too, but saw he passed in November 2008.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/04/arts/music/04chenault.html?scp=1&sq=chenault&st=cse
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/04/arts/music/04chenault.html?scp=1&sq=chenault&st=cse