Columns

OIL IN THE FAMILY

In 1935 oil tycoon H. L. Hunt, known as the richest man in America, created what would become a multi-billion-dollar trust for his descendants. Three generations later, a lawsuit by his free-spending great-grandson is shaking the foundations of that mighty family fortune

June 2008 Alan Peppard

OIL IN THE FAMILY ALAN PEPPARD June 2008

Subscribe

Columns

OIL IN THE FAMILY

In 1935 oil tycoon H. L. Hunt, known as the richest man in America, created what would become a multi-billion-dollar trust for his descendants. Three generations later, a lawsuit by his free-spending great-grandson is shaking the foundations of that mighty family fortune

June 2008 Alan Peppard

Subscribe to read this articleAlready a subscriber? Sign in

June 2008 | Vanity Fair

View Full Issue

More From This Issue

Join Today

Subscribers can unlock every article Vanity Fair has ever published Subscribe

Columns

More From This Issue

Columns

Sign In to Your Account

Subscribers have complete access to the archive.

Sign In Not a Subscriber?Join Now

Join Now Already a Subscriber? Sign In

Access everything Vanity Fair has ever published. Join Now Subscriber-Only Benefit — The Complete Vanity Fair Archive • EVERY ISSUE. EVERY PAGE. 1913 TO TODAY.