Ted Williams

Ted Williams is the Founder of the Rockport Companies (est. January 2022 in Austin, Texas), a family of energy investment and operating businesses spanning Rockport Energy Partners, Rockport Energy Solutions, Rockport Oil & Gas, and Rockport Minerals & Royalties. He serves on the boards of Rockport Oil & Gas I and IV and Rockport Energy Fund. Rockport operates in the Permian and Williston basins with gross development capital commitments approaching $1 billion.

Ted previously advised Castlelake LP through its Strategic Technical Advisory Committee, where Rockport Energy Solutions led the restructuring and operations of EnCore Permian. He also served as President of Luxe Minerals and Vice President of Business Development for Luxe Energy, raising $1.034 billion with NGP Natural Resources XI. Luxe Minerals sold for $360 million (2.5x MOIC), and Luxe Energy was acquired by Permian Resources (NYSE: PR) and later liquidated at a positive return.

Earlier, Ted built and led Citigroup’s Energy A&D division as Co-Head and COO, scaling a 35-person team, and previously served as a Vice President at RBC Richardson Barr. Across his career, he executed over $20 billion in transactions, including the $7.15 billion EP Energy LBO, the Riverstone SPAC that created Centennial Resources (now Permian Resources), and the IPO of Jagged Peak (now Exxon, NYSE: XOM). He began his career at Cawley, Gillespie & Associates as a reservoir engineer and petroleum consultant.

Ted is a decorated U.S. Marine Corps Scout Sniper (Sergeant) and holds degrees from UCLA (Economics) and UT Austin (Petroleum Engineering).