Oil giant and Kimbell Art Museum philanthropist Ben Fortson died on Sunday May 19.
Fortson, 95, formed Fortson Oil Company in the early 1960′s and helped fund prominent projects at the world-renowned Fort Worth museum.Ben Fortson, Kimbell Art Museum philanthropist and prominent oil and natural gas mineral investor, died on May 19 at the age of 95, the museum
The Texas Christian University alum was around the oil industry practically his entire life. When he was four-years-old, Fortson took a trip to an oil derrick with his father which later inspired him to stay close to the industry through a series of investments and forming his own company, the Fortson Oil Company, in the early 1960′s.
Ravnass and Kimbell’s executive vice chairman, Brett Taylor, had worked with Fortson for decades, including the company’s first royalty acquisition deal in the late 1990′s. The company had its initial public offering in February 2017 and he served on the company’s board until his death. Getting in early in the Kimbell Museum was no accident. He married Kay Kimbell Carter in 1957, who had inherited the hopes of their family to build a “museum of the first class.” It kickstarted Fortson’s passion to help build the museum, but he famously always gave credit to his wife.
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