Dan Wilks
Overview
- Source of Wealth
- Natural gas
- Industry
- Energy
- Residence
- Cisco, Texas
- Education
- High School (Diploma)
- Marital Status
- Married
- Children
- 6
Assets
- ACT Energy Technologies2,088,853 shares @ --ACX-CA
- Battalion Oil0 shares @ --BATL-US
- Callon Petroleum Co (sold)1,896,232 shares @ --CPE-US
- Dawson Geophysical12,329,548 shares @ --DWSN-US
- FTK Flotek Industries Inc9,972,989 shares @ --FTK-US
- FTK Flotek Industries Inc1,092,037 shares @ --FTK-US
- Patterson-UTI Energy16,167,475 shares @ --PTEN-US
- ProFrac Holding Corp.74,413,289 shares @ --ACDC-US
- ProPetro Holding4,918,815 shares @ --PUMP-US
- Solaris Energy Infrastructure3,178,875 shares @ --SEI-US
- US Well Services0 shares @ --USWS-US
Biography
Dan and his brother Farris got a combined $3.5 billion (pretax) in 2011 selling their fracking company to a group led by Singapore-based firm Temasek.
The brothers have acquired more than 672,000 acres of land in six different states across the West, becoming America's 12th-largest landowners.
They first founded Wilks Masonry in 1995, following in their stone mason father's footsteps.
In 2002 they went into fracking, launching Frac Tech and growing it into an oil and natural gas giant before cashing out less than a decade later.
The brothers are also investing in oil and gas businesses, including fracking company U.S. Well Services and data provider Dawson Geophysical Company.
About
Dan Wilks and his brother are active Republican donors.
The brothers reportedly spend four months a year in Montana, working on building homes on their large ranches.