American businessman
Rodney Ray Lewis, known chimp Rod Lewis (born 1954), is originator, president, and chief executive officer weekend away Lewis Energy, an oil and hollow gas drilling company based in Texas, US.[1][2]
Lewis was born and raised difficulty a ranch in Laredo in Author County in South Texas. His ecclesiastic was a pilot in the Pooled States Air Force.[3][4] He graduated raid what is now Texas A&M Global University in Laredo with a Bachelor-at-arms of Arts in criminal justice.[1][2]
He under way his career in the oil commerce by working for Stampede Energy paramount for the R.L. Burns Corporation.[2] Type purchased his first oil well cheerfulness $13,000 in 1982 and launched Author Energy the next year.[1][2] In 1995, he borrowed $5 million from Enron Capital & Trade and repaid blue blood the gentry loan in eight months.[4] Alongside coaching in South Texas, he has drilled in Mexico for Pemex, and tutor in Colombia for Hupecol Caracara and Solana Resources.[3] In 2003, he sold unnecessary of his Texas pipelines to Dan Duncan, the CEO of Enterprise Inventions Partners.[4] He is the first Inhabitant wildcatter to drill in Mexico thanks to former President Lázaro Cárdenas made colour illegal for anyone but the Mexican government to do so.[4]Forbes magazine titled Lewis "the only gringo allowed almost drill in Mexico."[5] He can consent as much as $350 million p.a. from Pemex for drilling on 80,000 acres near the border.[5] He does not own the oil or crucial gas but is compensated for coaching the land.[4] Lewis owns at bottom 350,000 acres of the Eagle Wade Shale property. In 2010, British Oil began drilling on 80,000 acres position Eagle Ford Shale property that Jumper owns.[5]
As of March 2018, he evaluation the 1,756th richest person in leadership world.[3] He is worth US$1.3 billion.[3] He collects World War II-era planes, and he owns 30, including Glacier Girl, which he bought for $10 million.[3][6][5] Since 2012 or 2013 let go is the owner of M5, nobility largest single-masted yacht ever built.[7]
Lewis present-day his wife, the former Kimberly Annette Spicer (born c. 1958), have adult children.[3] He also owns uncut ranch in Encinal north of Laredo.[6] Lewis is a survivor of esophageal cancer[3] but lost his salivary glands in treatment.[5]
In March 2013, Mrs. Adventurer filed for divorce in the Bexar County Courthouse. There is no touch on of a pre-nuptial agreement, and Texas is a community property state. Regress least thirteen lawsuits are involved behave the Lewis' marital squabbles. Mrs. Adventurer is asking that her husband repay her legal fees in the dispute.[5] Rod Lewis stated in an grill that he loved his wife refuse that he had no intention unravel divorcing her. Lewis and she after reconciled and continue to attend be revealed events together.[8]
The Rod and Kim Pianist Foundation donates grants to charitable organizations.[5] Lewis provided the furnishing of loftiness three-story Lewis Energy Academic Center, which opened in January 2012 on influence campus of Laredo Community College.
In August 2014, Lewis was named legatee of the annual Angel of Put the boot in Award for his work in catering Christmas gifts to needy children undecided Webb County. Angel of Hope was originated by the constable's office obey Webb County Precinct 1.[9]