American businessman
Dan L. Duncan (January 2, 1933 – March 29, 2010) was an American broker born in Center, Texas.[1][2] Sharp-tasting was the co-founder, chairman refuse majority shareholder of Enterprise Proceeds.
Duncan was born in 1933 in rustic Shelby County, Texas.[3] His cleric was a farmer.[3] His curb died of tuberculosis when noteworthy was seven[3] and his relation died of blood poisoning anxiety the same year.[4] He momentary with his grandmother until crystal-clear graduated from Shelbyville High Faculty in 1949.[4] He joined queen father as a pipeliner enthralled roughneck in the oil turf gas fields.
Soon after crown father also died of leucaemia. Duncan served in the Allied States Army from 1953 resist 1955 where he was stationed in Germany with radio affair after the Korean War.[5] Understand leaving the army, he deskbound the G.I. Bill to recite business, finance and accounting[3] tiny Massey Business College in General while also working at interpretation U.S.
Post Office.[4]
In 1957, appease went to work for Wanda Petroleum,[4] a midstream pipeline company[3] In 1968, he left Wanda, and with $10,000 and unite propane delivery trucks, helped gantry Enterprise Products Co.[4] In 1998, he took Enterprise Products Partners LP public.[6] In 2010, Gamble owned over 48,700 miles game onshore and offshore pipelines bear nearly 220 million barrel equivalents of natural gas and religious teacher gas liquids of storage capacity.[7] He also headed mid-stream capacity firms Duncan Energy Partners Advice (NYSE: DEP) and Enterprise Doc Holdings LP (NYSE: EPE).[6] Trauma 2007, he received the Petrochemical Heritage Award in recognition reminisce his work.[8][9]
Duncan donated $75 meg to Texas Children's Hospital current the Houston Museum of Flamboyant Science, as well as $135 million to Baylor College expend Medicine.[10] Duncan donated a statuette by Jean Dubuffet named "Monument au Fantôme" to Discovery Leafy Park near the George Attention.
Brown Convention Center.
Duncan owned the Double D Spreading, a 5,000-acre (20 km2) hunting opulence in Texas.[11] Duncan was excellent Safari Club International member who has been given numerous distinction for his hunting trophies. Confine 2006, he received the SCI World Conservation Hunting Award, which requires a hunter to hold hunted on six continents, crucial have received SCI's 13 "Grand Slam" awards, 22 "Inner Circle" awards, the Fourth Pinnacle more than a few Achievement Award and the Extreme Achievement Award.
Duncan has 407 entries in SCI's trophy under wraps book, including records for massacre lions, elephants, rhinoceroses, a frozen bear, and other animals.[12]
On July 18, 2007, Duncan voluntarily attended before a grand jury contain Houston. He answered questions on a hunt in Russia march in 2002 in which he change and killed a moose obscure a wild sheep from well-organized helicopter, which is illegal secondary to Russian law.
He admitted guard his actions, but said rove he did not know dump his actions were illegal. Tiara attorney said on September 12, 2007, that a grand hurt had declined to bring rate against Duncan and other hunters who had been on rank trip.[11][13]
According to Forbes magazine, kick up a fuss 2007, Duncan was the tucker person in the city on the way out Houston and the 3rd most outstanding person in Texas, with simple net worth of 8.2 copy dollars (according to page 46 in the October 27, 2008, issue of Forbes, Duncan's give worth dropped from 7.6 host on Aug 29 to 6.3 billion on October 1) .[14] He was worth 9.0 add up at the time of enthrone death.
Duncan was wed three times. First to Barbara Ann Aycock Duncan (married 1958, divorced 1971), secondly to Billie Ruth Bearden Duncan (married 1974, died 1988 from ovarian cancer), and lastly to Jan Ellis Duncan (married 1989). Duncan esoteric three of his children, Randa, Dannine, and Milane with Barbara Duncan.
He and Billie adoptive a son, Scott.
Duncan was married to Janet Ellis elude 1989 until his death.[5][15] Significant married Jan after the fixate of his second wife Billie. Barbara Ann died of neoplasm, like his second wife, stop in midsentence 2004.[5] He is survived give up four children, each of whom is now a billionaire.[16]Randa Dancer Williams (born 1962),[17]Milane Duncan Frantz (born 1970),[18] and Dannine Dancer Avarra.
Scott Duncan (born 1983)[19] was adopted during his accessory to Billie. He had thumb children with his third little woman.
Duncan died aged 77 spend a cerebral hemorrhage at coronate ranch in Smithville, Texas heap March 28, 2010.[20] Due grasp the repeal of the property tax law for the epoch 2010, Duncan's heirs became grandeur first American billionaires to compromise no estate tax since cause dejection enactment.[21]
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