Kyle L. Stallings is CEO and Founder of Desert Royalty Company. He is a graduate of Texas Tech University and began his career in the oil industry with Hunt Energy in 1979 and went independent in 1981. Mr. Stallings serves on the boards of The Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, the Executive Board of the Texas Public Policy Foundation and is a co-founder of MarketPlace Midland. He also serves on the board and in advisory roles for several nonprofits. He married Jamie Quanz Stallings in 1982 and they have 5 children and 11 grandchildren. The Stallings raise Hereford cattle and Whitetail deer in the Texas Hill Country. Kyle and Jamie are founding members of Stonegate Fellowship Church.