Mr. Wichterich is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Three Rivers Operating Company III LLC. He founded the initial Permian-focused Three Rivers Operating Company I LLC in 2010 and later Three Rivers Operating Company II LLC in 2012. Since inception, the Three Rivers entities have made over 15 acquisitions, aggregating over 325,000 net acres, and operated over 1,000 wells. Over the course of five separate sales, through the divestiture of a majority of the assets of both Three Rivers I and Three Rivers II, Mr. Wichterich and the Three Rivers team have generated total sales proceeds of more than $2 billion and profits in excess of $1 billion.  Currently, Mr. Wichterich has established Three Rivers Operating Company III LLC which has 60,000 net acres located the Delaware Basin.

Mr. Wichterich is a graduate of the University of Texas.