Stacy H. Schusterman


Stacy H. Schusterman is an American heiress, businesswoman and philanthropist.
Schusterman served as the chief executive officer of her family business, Samson Resources, a Tulsa, Oklahoma-based oil and gas company, from 2000 until its $7.2 billion buyout by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts in 2011. She serves as the chair and chief executive officer of Samson Energy, a deepwater drilling company in the Gulf Coast of the United States.
Schusterman is the founder of Granite Properties, a Plano, Texas-based real estate investment company, and Black Coral Capital, a Boston, Massachusetts-based clean technology investment firm.
Schusterman supports Jewish causes in the United States and Israel.

Early life

Stacy H. Schusterman was born circa 1963. Her father, Charles Schusterman, was an oilman and philanthropist. Her mother, Lynn Schusterman, is a billionaire philanthropist. She has two brothers, Jay and Hal, who live in Israel.
Schusterman studied in Israel in 1983. She returned to the United States and eventually graduated from Yale University in 1985. She received a master in business administration from the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin.

Business career

Schusterman started her career at her father's oil and gas company, Samson Resources. She served as its chief executive officer from 2000 to 2011, when she sold it to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts for $7.2 billion. During her tenure as CEO, Schusterman switched the company investments from clean gas to oil, shale gas and tight gas.
After the buyout, Schusterman founded Samson Energy, a deepwater drilling company whose main assets are on the Gulf Coast of the United States. She serves as its chair and chief executive officer.
In 1991, with Michael W. Dardick, Schusterman co-founded Granite Properties, a Plano, Texas-based real estate investment company. The company owns buildings in Los Angeles, California, Atlanta, Georgia, Dallas, Texas, Houston, Texas, and Denver, Colorado. By 2015, it had an annual revenue of $182.7 million and 150 employees.
Schusterman is also the founder of Black Coral Capital, a Boston-based clean technology investment firm.

Philanthropy

Schusterman co-chairs the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation, "the largest Jewish family foundation in America", with her mother. She also serves as the president of Bezalel Foundation, a non-profit organization which endows Jewish causes. Additionally, she serves on the board of trustees of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee and BBYO. She also serves on the international board of governors of. She also endowed the Stacy Schusterman '85 Scholarship at her alma mater, Yale University, in 2010–2011.
With her husband, she supports the Winter Relief Program of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee in Eastern Europe, including Ukraine and Moldova.

Personal life

Schusterman is married to Steven H. Dow; they have three children and reside in Tulsa, Oklahoma.