Top Ten Oil and Gas Self-Made Billionaires

Link here.

The list is not quite accurate.

At least one individual inherited at least a start from his father.

A couple of the men are on the list but have sold their holdings.

Harold Hamm is truly self-made (from all that I know) and he is still deeply involved in the industry. His oil company, Continental Resources, is the "face" of the Bakken. CLR has 22 rigs in North Dakota and there are reports CLR plans to double that number over the next five (5) years.