Harold Hamm

Harold Glenn Hammhttp://docs.house.gov/meetings/FA/FA00/20140326/101956/HHRG-113-FA00-Bio-HammH-20140326.pdf (born December 11, 1945) is an American entrepreneur. He is best known for he development of the large shale oil resources of the Bakken formation.Gregory Zuckerman, The Frackers: The Outrageous Inside Story of the New Billionaire Wildcatters 2013, Portfolio Penguin. 

As of January 2018, Hamm's net worth is said to be $14.2 billion, making him the 79th richest person in the United States.

In 2012, presidential candidate Mitt Romney named Hamm as his energy advisor.

In 2016, then-Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump was thinking about making Hamm United States Secretary of Energy.

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