CNBC's 'West Texas Investors Club': Rooster McConaughey, Butch Gilliam's Episode 5 Premiere!
CNBC continues their new reality series, West Texas Investors Club with an all-new episode. During tonight's premiere of episode 5, self-made multimillionaires Rooster McConaughey and Butch Gilliam are about to meet the uber of airplanes in "High Planes Drifter."
As we previously mentioned, during the eight-episode series, deep in the heart of Texas, the self-made multimillionaires Rooster McConaughey and Butch Gilliam have carved their fortunes from a harsh and unforgiving land. Now they've chosen to pass on their success by investing in promising entrepreneurs. But they're going to do it on their own turf and terms. Along with the duo's close friend and confidante Gil Prather, Rooster and Butch are inviting ambitious entrepreneurs from all across the country to come down to Midland and make their case.
From the official website's plot synopsis, a young pilot from Northridge, CA arrives in West Texas. The young pilot is ready to pitch his idea of an Uber-like app for air travel. But first, he must complete a challenge on blind faith. Later, Butch and Rooster put a Las Vegas inventor of a clamp-on caddy to the test, which puts all of them in uncharted territory.
According to Las Vegas Sun, resident, entrepreneur A.J. Zakarian of Robo Cup manufacturing, will be turning up on tonight's episode. A.J. Zakarian is the name of the inventor of a clamp-on caddy. We look forward to seeing how A.J. is put to the test.
In an interview with CNBC, Gilliam reveals being overly passionate my hurt your business, "When these entrepreneurs come in here with these ideas, there are so many times that they are so passionate about it that they are not able to look at it in a black and white format. They are trying to present it to us in an inflated, hopeful, dreamlike presentation and I just wish that they would come to us with the reality of the deal.
West Texas Investors Club continuesTuesdays at 10pm on CNBC.
Readers, are you excited to see West Investors Club?