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Name

W. Herbert Hunt

Primary Residence

Dallas, Texas

Citizenship

United States

Forbes Self Made Score

Source Of Wealth

oil

Net Worth

$1,900,000,000

Forbes Profile

https://www.forbes.com/profile/w-herbert-hunt

Forbes 2019 Billionaires List Rank:

1168

Forbes Philanthropy Score

Forbes List Rank One: Title

#1168 Billionaires 2019

Forbes List Rank One: Link

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

Forbes List Rank Two: Title

#328 Forbes 400 2018

Forbes List Rank Two: Link

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

Summary

One of 15 children (by three women) of legendary oil wildcatter H.L. Hunt.With brother Nelson Bunker Hunt (d. 2014), he tried to corner the world silver market until the price of the metal collapsed 80% in 1980. Hunt endured in the oil business; in 2013 he sold his Bakken oilfield acreage to publicly-traded Halcon Resources for $1.5 billion cash and stock. He owns a refinery in Louisiana and oil company Petro-Hunt.

Did you know?

Brother Lamar (d. 2006) owned the Kansas City Chiefs. Half-brother Ray Lee Hunt runs a separate oil company, Hunt Oil.

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Number of Children

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Herbert_Hunt