Energy, Oil & Gas

Business Owner · Energy, Oil & Gas

Harold Hamm: Founder of Continental Resources

Harold Hamm, the 13th child of Oklahoma cotton sharecroppers, became a wildcatter, founded Continental Resources in 1967 and pioneered development of the Bakken oil field.

📍 Oklahoma City

Business Owner · Energy, Oil & Gas

John D. Rockefeller: Founder of Standard Oil

John D. Rockefeller founded Standard Oil in 1870 and by 1900 controlled about 90 percent of US oil production, until the Supreme Court broke the company into 34 entities in 1911.

📍 Cleveland

Business Owner · Energy, Oil & Gas

T. Boone Pickens: Financier and Corporate Raider

T. Boone Pickens was the best-known corporate raider of the 1980s and chaired BP Capital Management. He gave away more than $1 billion before his death in 2019.

📍 Dallas