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Name

Trevor Rees-Jones

Primary Residence

Dallas, Texas

Education

Bachelor of Arts/Science, Dartmouth College | Doctor of Jurisprudence, Southern Methodist University

Citizenship

United States

Forbes Self Made Score

Source Of Wealth

oil & gas, Self Made

Net Worth

$4,400,000,000

Forbes Profile

https://www.forbes.com/profile/trevor-rees-jones

Forbes 2019 Billionaires List Rank:

452

Forbes Philanthropy Score

Forbes List Rank One: Title

#452 Billionaires 2019

Forbes List Rank One: Link

https://www.forbes.com/billionaires/

Forbes List Rank Two: Title

#127 Forbes 400 2018

Forbes List Rank Two: Link

https://www.forbes.com/forbes-400/

Summary

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. Chief is the nation's biggest privately owned natural gas producer.

Did you know?

Dallas friends include President George Bush, Rex Tillerson, billionaire Kelcy Warren. The Rees-Jones Foundation has about $520 million in assets and has paid out more than $450 million in grants.

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Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor_Rees-Jones_(businessman)