Rusty Hutson Jr is the boss of fast-growing US energy firm Diversified Gas & Oil.
The BBC's weekly The Boss series profiles different business leaders from around the world. This week we speak to Rusty Hutson Jr, founder and chief executive of US energy firm Diversified Gas & Oil .Born and raised in a blue-collar household in the oil and gas fields of West Virginia, his father, grandfather, and great-grandfather all earned their livings in the energy sector.
But as the years progressed, Rusty says it started to nag at him that he hadn't followed his dad into the family industry. So in 2001, aged 32, Rusty bought an old gas well back in West Virginia for $250,000 . He raised the money by remortgaging his home. "They don't want these old wells, but the average remaining life on most of these wells is 50 years," he says."So we can come in, run them very efficiently, and make money."
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