Hunt Corporation

Chris Hunt serves as Chief Executive Officer, leading day-to-day operations for the fourth generation of family leadership. Woody L. Hunt remains involved as Chair Emeritus and Senior Advisor. Investment decisions are made internally by the family leadership team, consistent with a traditional single-family office governance structure.

Hunt Corporation sources opportunities through deep relationships in government contracting and regional development networks. Woody Hunt's role as founding chairman of the Borderplex Alliance gives the firm privileged access to cross-border infrastructure projects. The firm also pursues public-private partnerships through formal procurement processes, particularly in military housing and Mexican social infrastructure.

Hunt Corporation is a single-family office that owns and operates a diversified portfolio of operating businesses in real estate development, construction, and infrastructure. Unlike most family offices that allocate to third-party managers, Hunt functions as a direct owner-operator, running its own development and property management teams across multiple asset classes and geographies.

Hunt Corporation represents the El Paso branch of the Hunt family, descended from oil wildcatter H.L. Hunt. It operates independently from the Dallas-based Hunt entities, including Hunt Oil Company and Hunt Consolidated, which were established by other branches of the family. This separation occurred in the mid-20th century as the family's wealth dispersed across multiple lineages.

The wealth originates from H.L. Hunt's oil discoveries in East Texas during the 1930s, which made him one of the wealthiest individuals in the world at the time. The El Paso branch, led by Woody L. Hunt, subsequently diversified its inheritance away from hydrocarbons and into construction, real estate development, and infrastructure.

Yes. The Hunt Family Foundation serves as the family's primary philanthropic entity, with a focus on education and community development in West Texas and the U.S.-Mexico border region. The foundation operates separately from the investment and operating activities of Hunt Corporation.

Hunt Corporation targets large-scale, capital-intensive projects that require operational expertise rather than passive capital. The firm pursues privatized military housing through the Department of Defense's Military Housing Privatization Initiative, social-infrastructure concession agreements in Mexico, and ground-up mixed-use developments in strategic locations. These are long-dated, development-heavy projects, not minority investments or venture-stage deals.