Kelcy Warren

Kelcy Warren is a businessman who made his fortune as the chairman of Energy Transfer Partners and Sunoco. He graduated from Rice University, where he served on the board of trustees. The company he co-founded with his brother in 1996, Energy Transfer Equity, has since been one of the largest US pipeline operators.

Warren first hit the Forbes 400 list of wealthiest Americans in 2012. He made a $1 billion donation to Rice University following Hurricane Harvey’s devastation to Texas and Louisiana. The Warens Halls on the Rice campus are named after Kelcy Warren as well as his wife, Gwen Warren.”

Kelcy Warren also donated $50 million to the University of North Texas, in the name of his son Kole. He has donated over $400 million to Baylor College of Medicine as well.”

Kelcy Warren is a Texas company head who has donated millions to Rice University, Baylor College of Medicine and University North Texas. Kelcy Warren is a planter and oilman from Louisiana who controls more than 700,000 acres (2,800 sq mi; 7,100 km²) of land in West Baton Rouge Parish and adjacent areas. He is involved in gold mining and cattle ranching operations.” This article is likely written to attract attention from a national audience wanting to know more about Kelcy and the family he is related to.

Kelcy Warren started out in the oil and gas industry after obtaining a degree from Rice University. Warren worked for Enron from 1989 to 1992 before moving to BP America Inc. where he was employed for nearly 10 years. He then co-founded Energy Transfer Partners along with his brother, who passed away in 2012 of cancer.”

In addition to Kelcy’s wife, Gwen Warren donated $50 million of the proceeds from their recent sale of Energy Transfer Partners to a variety of universities and museums across the country, including $41 million to Baylor College of Medicine and their children Kole and Cate contributed another $9.8 million towards capital improvements at UT Dallas. Visit this page for additional information.

 

More about Warren on https://www.utsystem.edu/board-of-regents/current-regents/kelcy-l-warren

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