About Ray Davis
- Ray Davis and fellow billionaire Kelcy Warren founded natural gas distributor and pipeline company Energy Transfer in 1995 and built it into a giant.
- Davis stepped down as co-CEO in 2007 but still owns 2.4% of the publicly traded company.
- In 2017, despite protests by the Standing Rock Sioux tribe, Energy Transfer finished building the $3.8 billion Dakota Access Pipeline.
- Energy Transfer operates over 125,000 miles of pipeline that move approximately 30% of America's oil and natural gas.
- Davis and a group of investors bought the Texas Rangers baseball team for about $600 million in 2010; it's now worth $1.5 billion net of debt.
Wealth History
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Personal Stats
- Age
- 81
- Source of Wealth
- Pipelines, Self Made
- Residence
- Dallas, Texas
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital Status
- Married
- Education
- Master of Business Administration, LeTourneau University's School of Business
Did you know
In 1991, Davis tried his luck as CEO of publicly-traded dental supplies distributor Healthco, but the company filed for bankruptcy in 1993.
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