# MERIT ENERGY COMPANY, LLC

MERIT ENERGY COMPANY, LLC of DALLAS, TX is an SEC-registered investment adviser.

## Registration

- CRD: 109310
- Type: SEC-registered investment adviser
- SEC file number: 801-57598
- Location: 13727 NOEL ROAD, STE 1200, DALLAS, TX, 75240
- Phone: 972-701-8377
- Latest filing: 2026-03-18
- Regulatory AUM: $3.7B
- Discretionary AUM: $3.7B
- Clients: 782
- Accounts: 12

## Business model

- Compensation: % of AUM, Performance
- Clients served: Investment cos

## Officers, owners & control persons (23)

| Name | Role | Location |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Ryan C John](https://search.stillhousedata.com/person/418071) | SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT; SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT; CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER; SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT; CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER; CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER | York, PA |
| [Terry Dean Gottberg](https://search.stillhousedata.com/person/700296) | CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT, CEO, ELECTED MANAGER, DIRECT OWNER/LLC MEMBER | — |
| [Elizabeth Gayden Williams](https://search.stillhousedata.com/person/700297) | ELECTED MANAGER; LIMITED PARTNER; TRUSTEE | — |
| [Katherine Gayden Keenan](https://search.stillhousedata.com/person/700298) | ELECTED MANAGER; LIMITED PARTNER; TRUSTEE | — |
| [Christopher Scott Hagge](https://search.stillhousedata.com/person/700299) | CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER, CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER, GENERAL COUNSEL | — |
| [Ann Marie Mennel](https://search.stillhousedata.com/person/700300) | SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER | — |
| [Cynthia Newton Gayden](https://search.stillhousedata.com/person/700301) | TRUSTEE | — |
| [GAYDEN WILLIAM K](https://search.stillhousedata.com/person/760837) | CHAIRMAN; CHAIRMAN, CEO; CHAIRMAN, ELECTED MANAGER (+1 more) | — |
| [SHEA BONNIE COLLEEN](https://search.stillhousedata.com/person/760838) | PRESIDENT | — |
| [DIEM FRED NEWTON](https://search.stillhousedata.com/person/760839) | VICE PRESIDENT - GENERAL COUNSEL | — |
| [CARR GAYDEN LEA](https://search.stillhousedata.com/person/760840) | CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER, VICE PRESIDENT - FINANCE; VICE PRESIDENT - FINANCE | — |
| [MATEJEK ROBERT R](https://search.stillhousedata.com/person/768013) | PRESIDENT | — |
| [TRIMBLE THOMAS PORTER](https://search.stillhousedata.com/person/768014) | EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT; VICE CHAIRMAN | — |
| [GOTTBERG TERRY D](https://search.stillhousedata.com/person/768015) | CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT, CEO, ELECTED MANAGER, DIRECT OWNER/LLC MEMBER; PRESIDENT; PRESIDENT, CEO, ELECTED MANAGER, DIRECT OWNER/LLC MEMBER (+3 more) | — |
| [GLADDEN CHRISTOPHER SCOTT](https://search.stillhousedata.com/person/790418) | VICE PRESIDENT, SECRETARY AND GENERAL COUNSEL | — |
| [FLOTT TODD](https://search.stillhousedata.com/person/800207) | SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT | — |
| [WILLIAMS ELIZABETH GAYDEN](https://search.stillhousedata.com/person/840841) | ELECTED MANAGER; LIMITED PARTNER | — |
| [KEENAN KATHERINE GAYDEN](https://search.stillhousedata.com/person/840842) | ELECTED MANAGER; LIMITED PARTNER | — |
| [Hagge Chris](https://search.stillhousedata.com/person/840843) | CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER, CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER, GENERAL COUNSEL; CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER, GENERAL COUNSEL | — |
| [Mennel Ann Marie](https://search.stillhousedata.com/person/867334) | VICE PRESIDENT, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER | — |
| [GOTTBERG TERRY DEAN](https://search.stillhousedata.com/person/878173) | CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT, CEO, ELECTED MANAGER, DIRECT OWNER/LLC MEMBER | — |
| [HAGGE CHRISTOPHER SCOTT](https://search.stillhousedata.com/person/878174) | CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER, CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER, GENERAL COUNSEL | — |
| [Gayden Cynthia Newton](https://search.stillhousedata.com/person/878175) | TRUSTEE | — |


## Private funds (12)

| Fund | Type | Formed | Owners | GAV | Min investment |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MERIT ENERGY PARTNERS I, LP | Private Equity Fund | Delaware | 95 | $835.9M | $5.0M |
| MERIT ENERGY PARTNERS K, LP | Private Equity Fund | Delaware | 80 | $766.5M | $5.0M |
| MERIT ENERGY PARTNERS J LP | Private Equity Fund | Delaware | 81 | $723.6M | $5.0M |
| MERIT ENERGY PARTNERS L, LP | Private Equity Fund | Delaware | 77 | $421.8M | $5.0M |
| MERIT ENERGY PARTNERS H, LP | Private Equity Fund | Delaware | 108 | $337.5M | $5.0M |
| MERIT ENERGY PARTNERS VIII, LP | Private Equity Fund | Delaware | 1 | $310.7M | $10.0M |
| MERIT ENERGY PARTNERS X, LP | Private Equity Fund | Delaware | 1 | $115.4M | $10.0M |
| MERIT ENERGY PARTNERS III-C, LP | Private Equity Fund | Delaware | 1 | $52.9M | — |
| MERIT ENERGY PARTNERS G, LP | Private Equity Fund | Delaware | 59 | $21.3M | $500K |
| MERIT ENERGY PARTNERS III-A, LP | Private Equity Fund | Delaware | 1 | $6.5M | $4.8M |
| MERIT ENERGY PARTNERS III, LP | Private Equity Fund | Delaware | 1 | $4.2M | $10.0M |
| MERIT ENERGY PARTNERS IX, LP | Private Equity Fund | Delaware | 1 | $3.9M | $10.0M |


## Related pages

- Form ADV Part 2 brochure: https://search.stillhousedata.com/firm/109310/brochure
- Similar advisers: https://search.stillhousedata.com/firm/109310/similar
- Related entities: https://search.stillhousedata.com/firm/109310/related
- SEC IAPD (source of record): https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/109310

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