Dan Wilks (born 1955) is an American billionaire who made his fortune in fracking through Frac Tech and has become a major funder of [[Christian Right]] causes alongside his brother [[Farris Wilks]]. The Wilks brothers have invested heavily in [[The Daily Wire]] and [[PragerU]], as well as in acquiring vast tracts of land in Idaho and Montana. Their philanthropy reflects a fusion of biblical literalism and free-market ideology, channeling oil wealth into the infrastructure of the [[Conservative Movement]] and [[Christian Nationalism]]. ## See Also - [[Wilks Brothers]] — the brothers as a joint funding unit