Matthew S. Daly – Director and Strategic Advisor
Matthew S. Daly has served as Chief Operating Officer of the general partner of KRP since May 2017. Mr. Daly previously served as Senior Vice President—Corporate Development of the General Partner of KRP beginning in September 2016 and he served as Senior Vice President —Corporate Development of KRP’s predecessor from August 2016 until KRP’s IPO. Prior to joining Kimbell, Mr. Daly spent 11 years in investment management, most recently at Kleinheinz Capital Partners, Inc. and Hirzel Capital Management, LLC, two Texas-based investment firms, where he helped manage both the public and private energy investments. He was also Chairman of Delta Biofuels, Inc., a portfolio company of Kleinheinz Capital Partners, Inc. Prior to this, Mr. Daly was an investment banker at Wasserstein Perella & Co. in New York City and later Lazard Frères & Co., where he was a Vice President in the Mergers and Acquisitions group. Within this role, he advised on transactions totaling over $10 billion in value including acquisitions, divestitures, corporate restructurings and special committee assignments relating to takeover defense. He began his career at Arthur Andersen LLP in Dallas. He has a BBA from the University of Texas at Austin and an MBA from the Booth School at the University of Chicago.