--- description: The ruling, which is subject to appeal, comes after a 9-1/2 week divorce trial ended last month title: Oil Mogul Harold Hamm to Pay Wife $995 Million in Divorce image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8ca37e369abf0ef3/69876820524fc0101bdeaa64/harold-hamm.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Oil Mogul Harold Hamm to Pay Wife $995 Million in Divorce by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 10, 2014 11:44 PM CUT  Harold Hamm, CEO of Continental Resources, attends the 7th Annual Heath Corps Grassroots Garden Gala at Gotham Hall on April 17, 2013 in New York City. Harold Hamm, CEO of Continental Resources, attends the 7th Annual Heath Corps Grassroots Garden Gala at Gotham Hall on April 17, 2013 in New York City.Brad Barket—Getty Images by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 10, 2014 11:44 PM CUT An Oklahoma County judge has ordered oil magnate and Continental Resources Chief Executive Officer Harold Hamm to pay nearly $1 billion in a divorce judgment, according to a court filing made public on Monday. Special Judge Howard Haralson found that Hamm should pay his ex-wife Sue Ann Hamm a total of $995.5 million, with about a third of the funds, or $322.7 million, to be paid by the end of the year, the filing says. Hamm, Oklahoma’s richest man, will then be required to pay the rest of the judgment, some $650 million, in installments worth at least $7 million per month, the filing says… [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/business/energy/oil-mogul-harold-hamm-pay-wife-995-million-divorce-n245381?cid=par-time-article%5F20141002 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3577106/oil-mogul-harold-hamm-pay-wife-divorce/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3577106/oil-mogul-harold-hamm-pay-wife-divorce/"},"headline":"Oil Mogul Harold Hamm to Pay Wife $995 Million in Divorce","datePublished":"2014-11-10T23:44:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T11:21:05.483Z","description":"The ruling, which is subject to appeal, comes after a 9-1/2 week divorce trial ended last month","url":"https://time.com/3577106/oil-mogul-harold-hamm-pay-wife-divorce/","keywords":["Money","Divorce","Oil","People"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8ca37e369abf0ef3/69876820524fc0101bdeaa64/harold-hamm.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8ca37e369abf0ef3/69876820524fc0101bdeaa64/harold-hamm.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"7th Annual Heath Corps Grassroots Garden Gala","caption":"7th Annual Heath Corps Grassroots Garden Gala","creditText":"Brad Barket—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3577106/oil-mogul-harold-hamm-pay-wife-divorce/","name":"Oil Mogul Harold Hamm to Pay Wife $995 Million in Divorce"}}]}] ```