Primary Job Title Founder & CEO Primary Organization 
Eagle Energy Exploration
Location Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States Regions Southern US Gender Male
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Prior to founding Eagle in 2009, Mr. Steve Antry was Founder, Chairman and CEO of Beta Oil & Gas, Inc. Mr. Antry led Beta through its initial public offering and onto growth that ranked Beta as number 125 in the Oil and Gas Journal’s top 200 oil & gas producers in the U.S.
In 2004, Mr. Antry successfully merged Beta with Houston based
PetroHawk Energy, LLC (NYSE:HK), providing their initial platform that ultimately placed PetroHawk as one of the top 25 oil & gas producers in the U.S.
In July of 2011, PetroHawk agreed to sell to BHP Billiton for $15 billion.
Mr. Antry also previously served on various public and private industry Boards and has held management positions in exploration, development, land management and capital formation with various companies including Benton Oil & Gas Company (now Harvest Resources (NYSE:HNR)), Swift Energy (NYSE:SFY), and Nerco Oil & Gas (a division of Pacific Power & Light).
Mr. Antry has over 30 years of industry experience and is from a third generation Oklahoma oil family, receiving his BBA (1977) and MBA (1978) degrees with an emphasis in finance from Texas Christian University. Additionally, he was a nominee for Entrepreneur of the Year for the past two years by the accounting firm of Ernst and Young.
