Richard Rainwater
Date of Birth : Jun 1, 1943
Richard E. Rainwater is an American investor and fund manager. He made a significant personal fortune from his investments and was in the top 1000 richest people in the world in 2010. He saw the peak oil phenomenon as a grave threat after reading Beyond the Limits and from the beginning of the 1990s invested heavily in oil .
He has had a rare neurodegenerative disease, progressive supranuclear palsy, since 2009 and control of his fortune has been passed to his youngest child Matthew.