John D. Schiller, Jr. is the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer since the founding of the Energy XXI Ltd company in 2005. Before founding the company, Mr. Schiller served as the Vice President, Exploration and Development, for Devon Energy from April 2003 to December 2003 with responsibility for domestic and international activities and as Executive Vice President, Exploration and Production, for Ocean Energy, Inc. from 1999 to April 2003, overseeing Ocean's worldwide exploration, production and drilling activities. Before that Mr. Schiller served as Senior Vice President of Operations of Seagull Energy and held various positions at Burlington Resources and Superior Oil, where he began his career in 1981. Mr. Schiller is a registered professional engineer in the State of Texas, is a member of the Texas A&M University Dwight Look College of Engineering Advisory Board and a charter member and past Chairman of the Texas A&M University Petroleum Engineering Industry Board. 

He is a member of the Independent Petroleum Association of America, the American Petroleum Institute and the Society of Petroleum Engineers, and is a member of the Board of the National Ocean Industries Association. Mr. Schiller currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Houston Alley Theatre and Escape Family Resource Center, both charitable organizations. Mr. Schiller graduated with honors, receiving a bachelor of science degree in petroleum engineering from Texas A&M University in 1981 and was inducted into the Texas A&M University Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering's Academy of Distinguished Graduates in 2008. On August 14, 2014, Energy XXI appointed John D. Schiller Jr. as Energy XXI's President, adding this title to his current titles of Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer.In 2014,he received the National Medal of Technology and Innovation.