[2] According to Forbes, as of April 2024[update] his net worth was estimated at US$5.3 billion.
[3] William Herbert Hunt was born in 1929 to Lyda Bunker and the oil well wildcatter H. L.
[4] William Herbert Hunt went bankrupt in 1990,[5] but was able to recover years later.
[6] In 2012, Hunt sold a minor portion of Petro-Hunt's assets in the Williston Basin to Halcon Resources[7] for $1.45 billion, lifting his net wealth to an estimated $3 billion.
His nephew, Clark Hunt, is chairman and CEO of the National Football League's Kansas City Chiefs.