CEO, Chairman of the Board, and Chairman of the Executive Committee: Gerald Haddock
GERALD W. HADDOCK, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Executive Chairman of the Board. He was elected Executive Chairman of the Board on August 11, 2023, and subsequently appointed CEO by the Executive Committee on December 8, 2023. Haddock has served as a Director since mid-2020, during which time he chaired the Nominating and Governance Committee and served as a member of the Audit Committee. In late 2022, the Silver Star Board established an Executive Committee of the Board; later in 2023, Haddock was appointed as its Executive Chairman. According to the Committee’s charter, the Executive Committee holds the full authority of the Board.
Haddock has served as a Director of ProFrac Holding Corp. since mid-2022. He was also a Founder and Director of Union Acquisition Corp. I, which successfully merged with Bioceres Crop Solutions Corp. He was also aFounder and Director of Union Acquisition Corp. II, which merged with Procaps Group, S.A.
At the end of 2023, Haddock retired from the Board of Directors at Meritage Homes Corporation (MHC), where he served nearly 20 years. MHC, publicly traded on NASDAQ, builds single-family detached homes throughout the U.S., as well as active adult communities and luxury real estate primarily in Arizona. As a Director for MHC, Haddock chaired the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and served on the Audit Committee.
Haddock co-founded Crescent Real Estate Equities, a diversified real estate investment trust, serving as its President, CEO, and COO, growing the company to over $8 billion in market capitalization. Additionally, Haddock was a Founder and Director at Valaris Plc. (formerly ENSCO International Plc.), a global leader in offshore oil and gas drilling services, for over three decades. At Valaris, he served as Co-Lead Director, Chairperson of the Audit Committee, and a member of the Nominating and Governance Committee. During his tenure, he was instrumental in leading mergers, acquisitions, strategic development, governance, and succession planning.
Haddock also served on various boards and committees, including Cano Petroleum, the CEELI Institute, Baylor College of Medicine Board of Trustees, and the Executive Investment Committees at Baylor University and Baylor College of Medicine. He was also on the Board of the M.D. Anderson Proton Therapy Foundation. Furthermore, he led the acquisition team purchasing the Texas Rangers, serving as minority owner and General Counsel alongside George W. Bush. He currently serves on the Board of the Johnny Unitas Foundation.
Haddock holds a Bachelor of Business Administration and Juris Doctor degrees from Baylor University, a Master of Laws in Taxation from New York University, and an MBA from Dallas Baptist University.