Kevin Stitt

RepublicanGovernor of Oklahoma

Age	53 (b. 1972-12-28)
Gender	Male
In office since	2019-01-01 (~7 yrs)
Race / ethnicity	White; citizen of the Cherokee Nation (traces ancestry to the Dawson family on the Dawes Rolls through his great-grandfather)
Religion	Evangelical Christian; non-denominational/Assemblies of God; member of Woodlake Church in Tulsa
Education	Norman High School (Norman, OK); B.S. in Accounting, Oklahoma State University, 1996
Prior occupation	Businessman; founder, president, CEO and chairman of Gateway Mortgage Group (founded 2000), which became Gateway First Bank. Earlier worked as a door-to-door educational bookseller for the Southwestern Company during college.
Military service	No
Birthplace	Milton, Florida
Marital status	Married — Sarah Hazen Stitt
Children	6
Residence	Oklahoma Governor's Mansion, Oklahoma City; family home in Tulsa, Oklahoma
Notable relatives	Wife Sarah Hazen Stitt serves as First Lady of Oklahoma; no other family in elected politics. Father was a non-denominational Bible church pastor in Norman, Oklahoma.

Wikipedia

Pending research: languages · openly lgbtq.

Career & politics

First elected	2018
Leadership	Governor of Oklahoma (28th, since January 14, 2019) · Chair, National Governors Association (since July 26, 2025)
Ideology	Conservative Republican; described as a strong supporter of Donald Trump. Signed among the most restrictive abortion bans in the U.S., permitless gun carry, and anti-CRT and anti-transgender legislation. First elected as a political outsider/businessman in 2018.
Signature legislation	SB 612 (2022) - made performing an abortion a felony (10-year sentence) · HB 4327 (2022) - one of the most restrictive abortion bans in the U.S. · Permitless ('constitutional') carry of firearms law (first law he signed, 2019) · HB 2612 - Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act · Bill prohibiting teaching of critical race theory in public schools (2021) · Women's Bill of Rights executive order / bathroom and birth-certificate sex-marker laws (2022-2023)

Financial

Net worth: disclosed + (2019) · estimate

Gateway First Bank (formerly Gateway Mortgage Group, merged with Farmers Exchange Bank)	business_owned · 2019
First Pryor Bancorp (holding company for First Pryority Bank; less than 1% stake)	business_owned · 2019
Stitt Enterprises Inc. (asset management; Stitt sole beneficiary)	business_owned · 2019
Blue Funding Inc. (manages vacation rental properties)	business_owned · 2019
Amalfi Fund LP (hedge fund managed by Caption Partners)	fund · 2019
Commercial/industrial office buildings in Dallas and Denver (Atcap/Atlas partnership entities)	real_estate · 2019
Vacation rental homes on the Florida coast	real_estate · 2019
Skylink Resources LLC (aircraft holding: 1995 Cessna 560, 2010 Cirrus SR-22T)	business_owned · 2019

Scandals & crimes ledger

resolved — Undisclosed state mortgage regulatory consent orders — Nebraska, North Carolina, Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas, Kentucky (Gateway Mortgage Group) business

financial/corruption · 2005-2011 · Investigative reporting by Oklahoma Watch (syndicated by KGOU/NPR member stations) found that Gateway Mortgage Group — the company Kevin Stitt founded and led as president — was subject to disciplinary consent orders from mortgage regulators in at least eight states between 2005 and 2011: Georgia, Wisconsin and Illinois (already on file), plus Nebraska, North Carolina, Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas and Kentucky. When Gateway applied for a Wisconsin mortgage banking license in July 2008, it failed to disclose prior consent orders/settlements in Nebraska (including a case where Gateway made loans while its license had lapsed for seven months), North Carolina (unlicensed loan officers and a loan with excessive fees, resolved less than a year before the Wisconsin application) and Mississippi (an unlicensed branch office, resolved about a month before the Wisconsin application). Reporters also identified consent orders involving Tennessee, Arkansas and Kentucky as part of the same eight-state pattern, though specifics of those orders were not detailed in published reporting. Records show Stitt personally signed the consent orders/settlements at issue. Stitt's 2018 gubernatorial campaign said most of the actions stemmed from employees who were later fired once misconduct — ranging from unlicensed loan officers to a mortgage fraud scheme — was discovered, and characterized the Wisconsin non-disclosure as a 'process error.' · Consent orders/settlements resolved with the respective state regulators; specific fines or terms for the Nebraska, North Carolina, Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas and Kentucky orders were not published beyond the Wisconsin $4,000 fine (already on file) triggered by the non-disclosure.

Beyond the Illinois, Wisconsin and Georgia actions already documented, Oklahoma Watch reporting identified additional, previously undisclosed state mortgage-regulator consent orders against Gateway Mortgage Group — the company Stitt founded and personally signed settlement documents for — in Nebraska, North Carolina, Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas and Kentucky between 2005 and 2011.

Sources: Oklahoma Watch · Oklahoma Watch · KGOU (NPR)

resolved — Wisconsin fine against Gateway Mortgage Group for failing to disclose prior disciplinary actions business

financial/corruption · 2008 · Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions · Gateway Mortgage Group paid a $4,000 fine after Wisconsin regulators found the company failed to disclose prior settlements/consent orders in Nebraska, North Carolina and Mississippi on its July 2008 license application. Stitt personally signed the background-check documents that answered 'No' to all disclosure questions despite the existing orders. License granted after the fine was paid.

Wisconsin financial regulators fined Gateway Mortgage Group (a company Stitt owned and ran; is_business_entity=true) $4,000 after determining the company failed to disclose prior settlements or consent orders in Nebraska, North Carolina and Mississippi when applying for a Wisconsin license in July 2008. Records showed Stitt personally signed the 2008 background-check documents that checked 'No' to all 20 disclosure boxes despite the existing regulatory orders. The license was granted after the fine was paid. The matter predated Stitt's political career.

Sources: Oklahoma Watch · Oklahoma Watch

resolved — Illinois license revocation and consent order against Gateway Mortgage Group business

financial/corruption · 2008-11 · Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (Division of Banking) · Illinois revoked Gateway Mortgage's license in November 2008 over alleged real estate and appraisal fraud tied to employee misconduct; a June 2009 consent order imposed a $10,000 fine and one year of probation. Gateway disciplined/fired the employees involved.

Illinois banking regulators revoked the mortgage license of Gateway Mortgage Group (a company Stitt owned and ran; is_business_entity=true) in November 2008 in connection with alleged real estate and appraisal fraud linked to a mortgage-fraud scheme involving company employees. A June 2009 consent order imposed a $10,000 fine and a one-year probation period. Gateway said it disciplined or fired the employees involved. The matter predated Stitt's political career.

Sources: Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation · Oklahoma Watch

resolved — Georgia Mortgage Regulator Consent Order — Personal Ban on Kevin Stitt

financial/corruption · 2009-11-23 · Georgia Department of Banking and Finance · Consent order entered against Gateway Mortgage Group LLC and its president John Kevin Stitt personally. Gateway surrendered its Georgia mortgage lender license (effective August 26, 2009). Stitt personally was prohibited for five years from applying for a Georgia mortgage broker's or lender's license and from serving in any management, ownership, or employment role for a Georgia mortgage broker or lender. Gateway was permanently banned from the state. A $2,000 contribution to the State Regulatory Registry/NMLS was required.

Georgia's Department of Banking and Finance entered a consent order on November 23, 2009 against both Gateway Mortgage Group LLC and its president Kevin Stitt personally, resolving violations of the Georgia Residential Mortgage Act including making false statements and misrepresentations of facts to lenders and failing to maintain a mortgage loan transaction journal. Stitt was personally banned from Georgia mortgage-industry activity for five years; Gateway was permanently barred. The violations stemmed from conduct at Gateway's Georgia office.

Sources: Georgia RealEstateRama / Georgia Department of Banking and Finance · Oklahoma Watch · Tulsa World