Draft:Pete Rydolph

Pete Rydolph (April 19, 1888 – 1980) was an American rancher, oilman, and kidnapping victim. He was the first Black millionaire in Victoria County, Texas. Rydolph gained national press when he was kidnapped in May 1954 as part of an attempted extortion, in which he was forced to pose nude in photos with three white women and he was blackmailed for US $30,000.

Rydolph was African American and involved in the NAACP.