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Bill Perkins

Bill Perkins

Energy Hedge Fund Manager; Professional Poker Player; Known as the "Natural Gas King" & the "Cowboy of Wall Street"; Author of "Die With Zero"

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Bill Perkins Biography

Bill Perkins is an American hedge fund manager, film producer, and poker player from Houston. Known as the “Natural Gas King” and “Cowboy of Wall Street,” Perkins focuses on venture capital and energy markets.

Perkins is the founder, managing partner, and head trader for Skylar Capital. Skylar Capital is an energy trading hedge fund that had approximately $500 million in assets under management as of 2023.

He began his career on the floor of the New York Mercantile Exchange in 1991 and now has more than two decades of experience in the energy trading industry. Perkins specializes in capitalizing on mispricing in the natural gas markets through option structures based on his fundamental analysis. While natural gas is his primary focus, Perkins has used fundamental strategies in crude oil, power and other energy-related trades. Prior to founding Skylar Capital, he worked as a trading principal for Centaurus Energy and trader and risk manager for El Paso Energy, Statoil, AIG Energy Trading and Zahr Securities. He is also the founder and president of Small Ventures USA, LP, a private equity and venture capital firm based in Houston.

Additionally, Perkins has been involved in a range of ventures in energy, media, information technology and other fields. He is the founder of SkyFi, a leading provider of Earth observation data that removes barriers to capture satellite images, and SynMax, a satellite data analytics company that specializes in the use of commercial satellite images to locate oil and gas assets and provide maritime intelligence data. He has produced movies since 2009, including "After.Life" (2009), "Unthinkable" (2010) and "Cat Run" (2011). In 2020, Perkins released his first book, “Die with Zero,” which gives strategic advice on pursuing personal goals regardless of income.

Perkins is dedicated to a variety of charities, including the International Rescue Committee, Race to Erase MS and the Dave Thomas Foundation. He also offered generous logistical and financial support to those in the Virgin Islands following the back-to-back Category 5 hurricanes in 2017.

Perkins received his bachelor's in electrical engineering from the University of Iowa, where he played on the Iowa Hawkeyes football team.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 04/01/2025.

Bill Perkins Videos

  • Bill Perkins | Die with Zero: Getting ALL You Can from Your Money and Your Life
    Bill Perkins | Die with Zero: Getting ALL You Can from Your Money and Your Life
    When time and money seem like limited resources, the idea of maximizing both can seem impossible. But what if it were possible to achieve true...
  • Bill Perkins: Change How You Spend Your Money and Die With Zero in the Bank
    Bill Perkins: Change How You Spend Your Money and Die With Zero in the Bank
    Bill Perkins showed up at the New York Mercantile Exchange every day until he got a job as an assistant peon. He started with a salary below $16,000...
  • I make $100M/year … I’m going to die with $0
    I make $100M/year … I’m going to die with $0
    ? Read “Die With Zero” today: https://www.diewithzerobook.com In this interview, Bill Perkins shares with me his journey from peon to making...
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Bill Perkins Books

  • Die With Zero: Getting All You Can from Your Money and Your Life
    Die With Zero: Getting All You Can from Your Money and Your Life

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