Graham Whaling
{{short description|American businessman}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Graham Whaling
| alma_mater = University of Texas
University of Pennsylvania
| occupation = businessman
| known_for = Ryder Scott Company (petroleum engineer)
Santa Fe Energy (CFO)
Monterey Resources (CEO)
Parkman Whaling LLC (co-founder & managing director)
}}
Graham Whaling is a businessman and conservative donor.
Life and career
Whaling earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Texas in 1976. Whaling played for the tennis team under coach Dave Snyder, and served as captain in his senior year.{{cite news|title=Former Player Contributes $2M to University of Texas Tennis Center Completion |url=http://www.itennisschool.com/world-of-tennis/us-college-tennis-2012-13/whaling-snyder-tennis-courts/ |accessdate=20 December 2013 |newspaper=International Tennis School |date=5 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220125248/http://www.itennisschool.com/world-of-tennis/us-college-tennis-2012-13/whaling-snyder-tennis-courts/ |archivedate=20 December 2013 }} Whaling also holds an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania.{{cite web|title=R. Graham Whaling|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=1230082&privcapId=28831765&previousCapId=28831765&previousTitle=Parkman%20Whaling%20LLC|publisher=Bloomberg Businessweek|accessdate=20 December 2013}}
Whaling' career began as a petroleum engineer, working for Ryder Scott Company, an oil and gas consulting firm. Whaling worked as an investment banker focusing on the energy industry with Lazard Freres & Co. and CS First Boston. Whaling has served as the CFO of Santa Fe Energy, and the CEO Monterey Resources, which was eventually sold to Texaco.{{cite news|title=Texaco to Buy Monterey Resources for $1.4 Billion in Stock and Debt|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-aug-19-fi-23747-story.html|access-date=20 December 2013|newspaper=LA Times|date=17 August 1997}} Whaling co-founded Parkman Whaling LLC, and continues to serve as its managing director.
Political activities
In 2012, Whaling donated $100,000 to Club for Growth Action, a conservative Super PAC. Whaling also donated $100,000 to Restore Our Future, Mitt Romney's Super PAC.{{cite news|title=Who's Financing the 'Super PACs'|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/01/31/us/politics/super-pac-donors.html?_r=0|accessdate=20 December 2013|newspaper=New York Times|date=7 May 2012}}
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Category:Businesspeople from Houston
Category:Texas Longhorns men's tennis players
Category:Wharton School alumni
Category:American chief financial officers