Jeffery Hildebrand is a successful American businessman, born in 1959, and best known as the founder, CEO and chairman of the Hilcorp Energy Company, which is now one of the largest oil and natural gas exploration and production companies privately-held in the US.
Have you ever wondered how rich Jeffery Hildebrand is? According to sources, it has been estimated that Jeffery Hildebrand’s overall net worth is $4.2 billion, accumulated through an outstandingly successful and lucrative career as an entrepreneur, since the early ‘90s. As he is still an active businessman, his net worth continues to increase.
Jeffery Hildebrand Net Worth $4.2 Billion
Jeffery attended the University of Texas at Austin, where he first earned a bachelor’s degree in geology in 1981 and then a master’s degree in petroleum engineering four years later. During his studies, Hildebrand was also a member of the Pi Epsilon Tau fraternity. His career beginnings were at the American Energy Capital Corporation, Exxon Company and the Dan A. Hughes Company.
However, his career really started moving upwards in 1989, when he founded Hilcorp Energy Company. This oil and gas exploration and production company, headquartered in Houston, soon became one of the leaders in the US. It now has operations in multiple states including the Rockies, the Gulf Coast and Northeast US, as well as Alaska. In 2011, the company sold its interests in Eagle Ford Shale to Marathon Oil for approximately $1.4 billion. Years after its foundation, it appeared on Fortune Magazine’s 100 Best Companies to Work For three years in a row – in 2013, 2014 and 2015. This proved to be true, as Jeffery gave each one of his 1400 employees a $100,000 bonus to thank them for their efforts in making his business the most profitable privately held oil and gas company in the US.
Apart from this, Hildebrand is a member of several other associations, including the Engineering Advisory Board, The National Petroleum Council, the Houston Energy Finance Group, the All American Wildcatters, the Independent Petroleum Association of America, the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, the Texas Independent Petroleum Royalty Owners Association, the Louisiana Independent Oil and Gas Association among many others. He was also appointed to the University of Texas Regent Wallace Hall in 2011.
The successful businessman that he is, Jeffery holds several other positions, on the boards of Central Houston, Inc. the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo and the Houston Police Foundation. He is Vice-Chairman of the University of Texas Systems Board of Regents, chairman of the University of Texas Investment Management Company, and a member of the University Lands Advisory Board.
When it comes to his private life, Jeffery is married to Mindy; they have three children and reside in Houston, Texas. As for political involvement, since the beginning of the 2000s, Hildebrand has donated more than $360 000 to politician Rick Perry.
