Rank #707
Trevor Rees-Jones
Net worth $5.9B
Oil & gas · United States
- Born
- Aug 12, 1951
- Age
- 74
- Source
- Oil & gas
- Residence
- Dallas, Texas
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 2
- Education
- Bachelor of Arts/Science, Dartmouth College; Doctor of Jurisprudence, Southern Methodist University
Net worth over time
Biography
- Trevor Rees-Jones started as a bankruptcy attorney, but wanted to make deals, not clean up after them.
- In 1984 he started Chief Oil & Gas and became a pioneer of the shale fracking boom.
- A lucky guy, he grossed $7 billion on 7 deals in 7 years.
- His new house on Dallas Country Club is appraised by the county at $40 million.
- Southern Methodist University has broken ground on Rees-Jones LIbrary of the American West, to hold his $100 million collection of 30,000 books, maps, artworks. Set to open in 2027.
- He hired Garth Brooks for wife Jan's 60th birthday party (600 guests).
- The Rees-Jones Foundation has paid out $741 million in grants, recently giving $100 million to the UT Southwestern Medical Center.
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