Homeschool Graduate Launches a Successfull Oil and Gas Exploration Business

This profile features Pent Energy, a company formed by homeschool graduate, Luke Pent, son of Arnold Pent, author of Ten Peas in a Pod

Name:

Luke Pent

Family Description:

  • Two older brothers and one younger sister -- all believers
  • My father and mother are happily married
  • My mother is a homemaker and my dad has been involved in commercial real estate for over thirty years

Business Name:

Pent Energy, LLC

Business Description:

Oil and Gas Acquisitions and Operations

Location:

Fort Worth, Texas

Formal education/training:

High School

Prior work experience:

  • Stock and Futures trading
  • Grass-fed beef

Forming the Idea:

After deciding that the oil and gas sector would be lucrative for many years to come, we decided to venture out and acquire producing leases. It was this decision that led us to buy out two small Oklahoma companies in fourth quarter 2005.

How you got started:

Rented out a little office in downtown