Haroldson Lafayette Hunt Jr. (February 17, 1889 – November 29, 1974), known throughout his life as H. L. Hunt, was a Texas oil tycoon and Republican political activist. Bunker Hunt was briefly one of the wealthiest men in the world, having discovered and taken title to the Libyan oil fields, before Muammar Gaddafi 23 Apr 2019 Houston-based oil mogul Jeffery Hildebrand cofounded his company Hilcorp in 1990. Today, the company is the largest privately owned oil 1 Nov 2019 Here are the five richest billionaires living in Dallas, Texas, according to Ray Lee Hunt is the son of famed oilman H.L. Hunt, who is said to be 13 Nov 2018 Lee is a man of the land, operating vast ranches in south Texas, raising both Hunt is the richest of the legendary oil wildcatter H.L. Hunt's 15 17 Oct 2017 In Texas, low oil prices have flatlined the growth in some fortunes, like that Another conspicuous absence from this Texas rich list is Charles Butt, the Rees -Jones decided that he wanted to be the guy making the deals, not 5 Oct 2018 Dallas and Houston Tycoons Make Up Nearly 10 Percent of Forbes List: Walmart heiress Alice Walton is the richest person in Texas.
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25 Aug 2014 Five of the world's ten richest oil and gas billionaires are from Russia; two are which operates refineries in Alaska, Minnesota and Texas. 11 Sep 2019 T. Boone Pickens, Texas oil tycoon, has died at age 91 "I've been an oilman all my life, but this is one emergency we can't drill our He eventually slid below $1 billion and off the magazine's list of wealthiest Americans.