Jeffery Hildebrand
$8.2B
$24.7M (0.3%)
as of 04/02/25
About Jeffery Hildebrand
Jeffrey Hildebrand cofounded Hilcorp in 1990; he later bought out his partner for $500 million.
In 2020 Hilcorp finalized the $5.6 billion acquisition of BP's assets in Alaska.
He has built Hilcorp into America's biggest privately owned oil company (by production volumes).
In 2015, Hildebrand gave each of his 1,400 employees a $100,000 bonus after they doubled the size of his company in five years.
Personal stats
Citizenship
United States of AmericaSource of wealth
OilResidence
Houston, TexasMarital status
MarriedBirth date
03/05/59 (age 66)Number of children
3Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, The University of Texas at Austin; Master of Science, The University of Texas at AustinSelf-made
self-madeJeffery Hildebrand’s fortune is worth
137K
troy ounces of gold
126K
median U.S. household
82K
median U.S. income
0.164%
U.S. credit card volume
0.033%
GDP of the United States
0.024%
United States debt
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Hildebrand funded a $32 million equestrian center at Texas A&M.
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