Trevor Rees-Jones (businessman)

Trevor Rees-Jones
Born1951 (age 72–73)
NationalityAmerican
EducationHighland Park High School
Alma materDartmouth College
SMU Dedman School of Law
OccupationFounder of Chief Oil & Gas
SpouseJan Rees-Jones
Children2 sons

Trevor D. Rees-Jones (born 1951) is an American attorney, billionaire businessman, and philanthropist from Texas. He is the founder of Chief Oil & Gas. He has a net worth of approximately $4.4 billion.

Early life

Trevor D. Rees-Jones was born in 1951. He grew up in University Park, Texas, Dallas, the eldest of three children of Trevor William Rees-Jones (1923–2009) and Billye June Kay of Dallas (1924–2008).[1][2] He achieved the rank of Eagle Scout out of Boy Scout Troop 70 in 1966.[3] His father was a lawyer with Locke Liddell & Sapp in Dallas.[4] His paternal grandfather, David Rees-Jones, was a Presbyterian minister from Trefor, Wales who immigrated to the United States to serve as a pastor in Oklahoma and Texas.[1] His paternal grandmother, Mary Edith Holmes, was a secretary for William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme from Cheshire, England; she immigrated to the United States with her husband.[1]

Rees-Jones was educated at Highland Park High School, University Park, Dallas.[5] Rees-Jones graduated from Dartmouth College, and studied law at Southern Methodist University's Dedman School of Law, where he received his J.D.[6][7]

Career

He started his career as a bankruptcy attorney in Dallas. Later, he practiced oil and gas reorganization law with Thompson & Knight.[7]

In 1984, he began pursuing oil and gas investments.[7] He founded Chief Oil & Gas a decade later, in 1994. The company has been active in the Barnett Shale, a geological formation located in the Bend Arch–Fort Worth Basin.[7] He has served as President of the Dallas Petroleum Club and the Dallas Hardhatters Committee (now known as the Dallas Wildcatters Committee).[7]

Philanthropy

In 2006, Trevor Rees-Jones and his wife founded the Rees-Jones Foundation, a private foundation established primarily to support and funding for programs that help improve the quality of life for the people of North Texas. Major recipients of grants from the foundation include the Boy Scouts of America's Circle Ten Council, the Dallas Arboretum,[8][9] the Dallas Museum of Nature and Science and the Dallas Children's Advocacy Center.[10][11][12] The foundation gave grants of over $40 million in both 2008 and 2010.[13]

He served on the board of trustees of his alma mater, Dartmouth College, from 2010 to 2014.[14] He serves on the board of trustees of Texas Christian University and on the board of advisors of its Energy Institute.[7][15]

The Perot Museum of Nature and Science, created in 2006 by Rees-Jones' friend and business partner, fellow billionaire Ross Perot includes the Jan and Trevor Rees-Jones Exhibition Hall, the subject of a $25 million donation.[16]

Rees-Jones also made a large donation to Parkland Memorial Hospital's campaign for its new facility.

Political donations

Rees-Jones has emerged as a large donor to the Republican Party and gave $1 million to American Crossroads in 2010.[17] In 2015, Rees-Jones and his wife donated $2 million to the presidential candidacy of Jeb Bush.[18]

Personal life

Rees-Jones and his wife Jan live in a 10,700 sq ft house in Dallas, Texas, valued by D Magazine at $13 million in 2011.[19][16] They attend the Highland Park Presbyterian Church.[7] They are also members of the Dallas Country Club.[7]

Rees-Jones owns Cook Canyon Ranch near Ranger, Texas. In October 2010, he paid the pop singer Jon Bon Jovi to play at a party there.[16] For his 60th birthday party in August 2011, Dan Aykroyd, Jim Belushi and the Blues Brothers Band performed as the opening act, followed by The Eagles, who played a two-hour set. There were 25–30 private jets at the ranch's airstrip.[20]

They have two sons, Trevor Richard Rees-Jones, III, and David Rees-Jones, both of whom were Texas Christian University students in 2011.[21] On 18 October 2014, Trevor Richard Rees-Jones, III, married Jennifer Hall Ebeier of Fort Worth at Rees-Jones' Cook Canyon Ranch.[22]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Trevor Rees-Jones". Legacy. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Billye June Rees-Jones". Restland. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  3. ^ "Troop 70 Eagle Scouts". 2022-12-31.
  4. ^ Peppard, Alan (29 September 2012). "Dossier Dallas: Trevor Rees-Jones". Dallas Morning News. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  5. ^ Hunter, Glenn (October 2011). "Trevor Rees-Jones: The Wildcatter". D magazine. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  6. ^ "Leadership". Chief Oil & Gas. Archived from the original on 8 August 2010. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h Dartmouth College Trustees
  8. ^ Groundbreaking for Dallas Arboretum's Children's Adventure Garden is just months away, 2010-05-22, DallasNews.com
  9. ^ Meet Dallas' giants of generosity Archived 2012-03-14 at the Wayback Machine, www.wfaa.com
  10. ^ Rees-Jones Foundation pledges $15 million more to Perot Museum, 2011-01-19, dallasnews.com
  11. ^ Perot Museum of Nature & Science in Dallas receives $25 million gift from The Rees-Jones Foundation[dead link], classic.cnbc.com
  12. ^ Children's Advocacy Center raises funds for new facility, 2010-10-30, dallasnews.com
  13. ^ 2008 Rees-Jones Foundation Grant Summary Archived 2011-07-27 at the Wayback Machine
  14. ^ "Trustees Emeriti". Dartmouth College. Retrieved May 20, 2017.
  15. ^ "Texas Christian University Board of Trustees". Archived from the original on 2017-02-13. Retrieved 2015-01-07.
  16. ^ a b c "#25 Jan and Trevor Rees-Jones". D magazine. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  17. ^ Vogel, Kenneth P. (May 20, 2010). "GOP group gets $1M contribution". Politico. Archived from the original on July 27, 2010. Retrieved July 23, 2010.
  18. ^ "Million-Dollar Donors in the 2016 Presidential Race". New York Times. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  19. ^ "Forbes profile: Trevor Rees-Jones". Forbes. Archived from the original on September 25, 2010. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  20. ^ Peppard, Alan (8 August 2011). "The Eagles help Trevor Rees-Jones and friends beat the heat". Dallas Morning News. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  21. ^ Dodson, Dee (13 July 2011). "2011 Alumni Awards - Trevor and Jan Rees-Jones". TCU magazine. Archived from the original on 7 January 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  22. ^ "Ebeier-Rees-Jones". MRT. 7 September 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2015.

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