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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. |
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 — Wisconsin fine against Gateway Mortgage Group for failing to disclose prior disciplinary actions business
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.
resolved — Illinois license revocation and consent order against Gateway Mortgage Group business
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.
resolved — Georgia Mortgage Regulator Consent Order — Personal Ban on Kevin Stitt
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.
resolved — Georgia regulatory consent order: Stitt personally banned and Gateway Mortgage Group permanently barred (later reduced) business
In December 2009 the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance issued a consent order against Gateway Mortgage Group, a company Stitt founded and ran (so is_business_entity=true), and against Stitt personally, alleging violations of the Georgia Residential Mortgage Act including false statements and misrepresentations to lenders. Stitt was personally banned from the Georgia mortgage business for five years and the company was banned permanently; a $2,000 fine was assessed. The parties did not admit wrongdoing. The permanent company ban was later amended to an eight-year ban. The matter predated Stitt's political career.