Portrait of Trevor Rees-Jones

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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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