Portrait of Jeffery Hildebrand

Rank #327

Jeffery Hildebrand

Net worth $10.3B

Oil & gas · United States

Born
Mar 05, 1959
Age
67
Source
Oil & gas
Residence
Houston, Texas
Citizenship
United States
Marital status
Married
Children
3
Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, The University of Texas at Austin; Master of Science, The University of Texas at Austin

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Jeffrey Hildebrand cofounded Hilcorp in 1990; he later bought out his partner for $500 million.
  • In 2020 Hilcorp finalized the $5.6 billion acquisition of BP's assets in Alaska.
  • He has built Hilcorp into America's biggest privately owned oil company (by production volumes).
  • In 2015, Hildebrand gave each of his 1,400 employees a $100,000 bonus after they doubled the size of his company in five years.
  • In Aspen, Colo. Hildebrand owns a 1,000-acre ranch that used to belong to singer John Denver.
  • Hildebrand funded a $32 million equestrian center at Texas A&M.