Ray Hunt

Ray Lee Hunt (born 1943) is an American heir and businessman.

Biography
Early life
He is the son of the late H.L. Hunt (1889-1974), founder of Hunt Oil Co..

Career
After his father's death in 1974, he inherited Hunt Oil Co. along with his three sisters. In 1982, Forbes magazine estimated Ray Hunt's family's total net worth to be $200 million. Ray made a huge oil find in Yemen in 1984.

In November 2009, native Peruvians under the coalition of the Native Federation of the Rio Madre de Dios, (FENAMAD), issued an to Ray Hunt and the Hunt Oil Company from the Amarakaeri Communal Reserve. In the letter FENAMAD wrote, 'Having peacefully exhausted all protest, without receiving any answer, we hereby communicate to you that we have agreed to a fifteen-day period for you to definitively withdraw from the Amarakaeria Communal Reserve since you do not have the indigenous community's consent.' A press release issued by stated that 'The Reserve was first established in 2002 after years of indigenous petitioning to protect the rainforest area of the vast Madre de Dios and Karene watersheds and to provide protected zones for the Harakmbut indigenous peoples to live, fish, and hunt. The area in dispute, besides being a declared nature reserve, crosses the headwaters of several important river basins, and lies in the buffer zones of Manu and Bahuaja Sonene National Parks, two of the most biodiverse national parks in the world.'

He is the former owner of the Southwest Media Corporation of Texas which published D Magazine, Houston City Magazine, Texas Homes and Sport Magazine.

Philanthropy
He was a major backer of U.S. President George W. Bush and a member of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board. He serves on the Board of Trustees of his alma mater, SMU, and of the George W. Bush Presidential Center.

Personal life
He is married, and has five children, including his son, Hunter L. Hunt, who is CEO of Hunt Consolidated Energy. He lives in Dallas, Texas. As of September 2012, he is worth an estimated US$5.2 billion.