| Business partner | Trevor Rees-Jones |
| Business partner | D Bobbitt Noel Jr |
| Is Current | no |
| Notes | A jury determined that Rees-Jones had defrauded and breached his fiduciary duty to Noel (a close friend from back in high school) by buying out Noel’s stake in Chief while concealing from him the knowledge that advances in drilling and fracking had made Chief’s leaseholds much more valuable. The judge awarded Noel $196 million. Rees-Jones later settled with him out of court for an undisclosed sum. |