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Haroldson Lafayette Hunt Jr. (February 17, 1889 – November 29, 1974) was an American oil tycoon. [1] By trading poker winnings for oil rights according to legend, but more likely through money he gained from successful speculation in oil leases, he ultimately secured title to much of the East Texas Oil Field, one of the world's largest oil deposits.
Haroldson Lafayette Hunt Jr. was born on February 17, 1889, near Ramsey, Illinois. [3] During the 1930s, he bought the title for the East Texas Oil Field for $1,000,000, and became one of the eight richest Americans until his death on November 29, 1974, with a net worth between $300–700 million.
Lamar Hunt Jr. (born October 20, 1956) is an American businessman. Hunt is president and owner of the Kansas City Mavericks professional hockey team. He is the son of Lamar Hunt, grandson of oil tycoon H. L. Hunt, and part of the founding and operating family of the Kansas City Chiefs NFL team.
The company was a Delaware corporation owned 52.84% by the Margaret Hunt Trust Estate and 47.16% by the Haroldson L. Hunt, Jr. Trust Estate. The primary beneficiaries of these two trusts are the two eldest children of the late H. L. Hunt and Lyda Bunker Hunt.
On October 19, 1915, Hill was born as Margaret Hunt in Lake Village, Arkansas. [1] Hill's father was H. L. Hunt (1889–1974) and her mother was Lyda Bunker (1889–1955), both members of the Hunt family. [2] [3] [4] Hill grew up in El Dorado, Arkansas and Tyler, Texas, and moved to Dallas, Texas in 1938.
As legend goes, Haroldson Lafeyette Hunt Jr., born in Illinois 1889, founded Hunt Oil in 1936 through leases and rights he acquired in the oil fields of East Texas. He became a tycoon, married ...
Hunt had three brothers, Haroldson Lafayette Hunt, Jr, Nelson Bunker and William Herbert. His half-sister Swanee Hunt was Ambassador to Austria. Married twice, Hunt first married Rosemary Carr. The pair met in Dallas as teenagers, went to Southern Methodist University together and married in 1956. [16]
Everette Howard Hunt Jr. (October 9, 1918 – January 23, 2007) was an American intelligence officer and author. From 1949 to 1970, Hunt served as an officer in the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), where he was a central figure in U.S. regime change in Latin America including the 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état and the 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion in Cuba.