Tim Duncan is President, CEO, and a founder of Talos Energy, formed in March 2012 and initially funded with up to $600 million of private equity from Apollo Global Management and Riverstone Holdings.  Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Talos is engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development and production of oil and natural gas properties, focusing on operations in the Gulf of Mexico, including the shallow waters of offshore Mexico.  Talos is the third company Mr. Duncan built with his partners using private equity capital over the last seventeen years.  

Mr. Duncan earned a BS in Petroleum Engineering from Mississippi State University, and was honored in 2012 as a Distinguished Fellow of the College of Engineering.  He subsequently completed the MBA from the Bauer Executive Program at the University of Houston. He is an active member of the SPE, IPAA, NOIA, and YPO, and serves on various academically focused boards including the Engineering Dean’s Advisory Council and the Foundation Board at Mississippi State.

In 2013, Talos was recognized by the Houston Chronicle as the #1 Top Houston Area Workplace company under 150 employees, and has continued on the list of Top Workplaces for the last five years.  In June 2016, Mr. Duncan was named as the EY Entrepreneur of the Year for the Gulf Coast Energy & Energy Services sector.