Daniel Savitz is the Co-Founder and former Chief Financial Officer of Verdun Oil Company, a position he held from the company’s inception in 2015 through the end of 2025. Verdun was formed with private equity backing from its management team and EnCap Investments to pursue oil-weighted development opportunities across the Lower 48. The company primarily focuses on the Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas, where it has become the largest privately held oil producer.

Before founding Verdun, Daniel worked at Hilcorp Energy Company in various roles of increasing responsibility across the Finance and Acquisitions & Divestitures teams. During his time at Hilcorp, he also led the formation and served as CFO of Elite Compression Services, a natural gas compression provider serving producers in South Texas and Alaska. Elite was successfully monetized in 2018.

Earlier in his career, Daniel was part of the E&P Capital group at Goldman Sachs, where he focused on sourcing, structuring, executing, and monitoring upstream and midstream investments across the capital structure. He began his career in investment banking at RBC Capital Markets.

Daniel holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Accounting from the University of Texas at Austin.