Awards & Recognition
★2023 Ernest C. Arbuckle Award (Stanford Graduate School of Business highest honor)
★2023 Hart Energy Hall of Fame inductee (Oil and Gas Investor)
★2024 Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans inductee
★2025 D CEO Corporate Citizenship Legacy Award
★2020 L. Frank Pitts Energy Leadership Award (SMU Cox School)
★2017 Oil & Gas Council Lifetime Achievement Award
★2014 Ernst & Young Master Entrepreneur of the Year Southwest Region
★2023 H. Neil Mallon Award (World Affairs Council Dallas/Fort Worth)
Notable Facts
→Co-founded NGP Energy Capital Management in 1988, managing over $20B cumulative capital
→Former CEO and Chairman of NGP (1988-2015), Senior Advisor to Carlyle Group
→Current CEO of George W. Bush Presidential Center (2016-2025)
→Chairman of family investment office HFI Capital Management
→Board member of Texas Rangers Baseball Club
→Princeton University magna cum laude graduate, Stanford MBA as Arjay Miller Scholar
→Author of 'The Fastest Tortoise: Winning in Industries I Knew Nothing About' (2023)
→Member of Council on Foreign Relations and World Economic Forum
→Pioneered energy private equity investment methodology now industry standard
→Achieved 27-year annual IRR of 30% at NGP Energy Capital Management
→Has Wikipedia page documenting extensive career and achievements