# Harold Hamm Fracking billionaire founder of [[Continental Resources]] and the oil patch's chief political fixer in the Trump era. Thirteenth child of Oklahoma sharecroppers; pioneered the Bakken shale play. Co-led Trump's 2024 energy transition team with [[Doug Burgum]], helped install Burgum at Interior and [[Chris Wright]] at Energy, and convenes the industry through the Hamm Institute for American Energy at Oklahoma State — whose "Energy Freedom Tour" runs through the 2026 midterms and whose American Energy + AI Initiative works the datacenter-power angle. > Status: stub — expand with the 2012 Romney advisor role, the record divorce settlement, Continental's take-private, and the Hamm Institute network. ## See Also - [[Energy Sector]] - [[Continental Resources]] · [[Doug Burgum]] · [[Chris Wright]]