Harold Hamm
Harold Hamm
Harold Glenn Hammis an American entrepreneur primarily involved in the oil and gas business who is best known for pioneering the development of the large shale oil resources of the Bakken formation. On June 24, 2016, Hamm was ranked by Forbes magazine as the 39th richest person in United States and 98th richest person in the world, with a net worth estimated at $11.3 billion. Hamm's net worth peaked at $18.7 billion in September 2014, but decreased to $9.3 billion...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth11 December 1945
CountryUnited States of America
It's harder, but we're still finding oil in Oklahoma today. The bar has been raised on startup companies, but it can still be done. Every regulation and every rule limits you, but, yes, it can still be done. That's the beauty of living in a free country and having the freedom to have an idea and become an entrepreneur.
Climate change isn't out biggest problem. It's Islamic terrorism.
The oil patch pays good. They're decent jobs paying between 50 and 70 thousand a year. Fracking has a big impact on the oil consumption in the United States.
I'm a professional geologist, an explorationist for oil. That's what I've done in my career, one that's culminated in - at least to this point - playing a part in finding the largest field in the last 40 years anywhere in the world. That's the Bakken field, which I believe will yield 24 billion barrels of oil in the decades to come, maybe more.
Donald Trump and Mike Pence will restore the American dream for the next would-be visionary from small-town America.
President Obama is riding the wrong horse on energy.
I always wanted to find oil. It was always an irresistible calling.