TODO(Bryan): editorial 4:5 portrait and print-size (3000px long edge) headshot.
Bios
Short
about 50 words
Bryan Kaus is a Houston-based energy and industrials executive and investor. After nearly two decades at ConocoPhillips, Phillips 66, and Neste, he founded Twenty Three Point Five, an advisory firm, and Kaus Capital, his principal investment platform. He writes The Point Taken, a weekly publication on energy and markets.
Medium
about 100 words
Bryan Kaus is a Houston-based energy and industrials executive and investor. Over nearly two decades at ConocoPhillips, Phillips 66, and Neste, his work spanned commercial strategy, M&A, investor relations, and renewables growth for businesses operating at global scale. He is the founder of Twenty Three Point Five, an advisory firm serving owners, boards, and investors, and of Kaus Capital, his principal investment platform. He writes The Point Taken, a weekly publication on energy, markets, and leadership.
Long
about 200 words
Bryan Kaus is a Houston-based energy and industrials executive, investor, and writer. His family has worked at the Bayway Refinery in New Jersey for three generations, and his own career began on the shop floor there before moving through nearly two decades of commercial, financial, and leadership roles at ConocoPhillips, Phillips 66, and Neste. Across those years his work spanned commercial strategy for a multibillion-dollar refining and marketing portfolio, transactions including the launch of a publicly traded partnership, investor relations and capital markets communication, and the growth of a renewables platform across the Americas.
Today he is the founder of Twenty Three Point Five, an advisory firm serving owners, boards, and investors facing a specific decision, and of Kaus Capital, his principal investment platform. He writes The Point Taken, a weekly publication on energy, markets, and leadership.
With his wife, Monica, he founded the Silk Foundation of Texas in 2026, and he chairs its board. He is the author of A Seat at My Table, a book about food, hospitality, and the people around the table.
TODO(Bryan): approve long bio wording, especially the experience verbs.