---
title: "NL INDUSTRIES INC — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3d0a717d-e175-5b68-bb0f-98930899f093
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/3d0a717d-e175-5b68-bb0f-98930899f093
identifier: sec:0000072162
jurisdiction: US
risk: Medium
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# NL INDUSTRIES INC

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [US](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/us)  
**Identifier:** `sec:0000072162`  
**Risk level:** Medium  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3d0a717d-e175-5b68-bb0f-98930899f093  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/3d0a717d-e175-5b68-bb0f-98930899f093  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **SIMMONS LISA K** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/69940e4a-ce05-5471-a215-eb8a631a95b6
- **HAROLD C. SIMMONS FAMILY TRUST NO. 2** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/34afd925-b89d-584f-8a8f-71436029a924
- **KRONOS WORLDWIDE INC** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/08717211-5b99-52a0-b7b4-aa90e745a7e1
- **CONTRAN CORP** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4b6d4636-b039-5a9e-94a6-b75ace715b57
- **SIMMONS ANNETTE C** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3e67a25d-6091-5045-a326-8ade7a6d1083
- **HAROLD C. SIMMONS FAMILY TRUST NO. 1** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/dc6b1da5-b142-5d34-8061-41ff05db07b0
- **CONNELLY SERENA S** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/972e00b9-efa6-5d06-bf98-a215bffa74f7
- **SIMMONS HAROLD C** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/906b5fbe-9e98-5c1b-8416-eb13dfebbb9b
- **VALHI INC /DE/** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cb0d7605-da9e-57e3-b0e8-814ede8751db
- **TITANIUM METALS CORP** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f6f0e526-7e90-59c5-b62e-e91795f3de29
- **TIMET FINANCE MANAGEMENT CO** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0f3c4cbb-033d-5775-9c69-72b219005821
- **DIXIE RICE AGRICULTURE CORP INC** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/13d81edb-1f97-57fc-8b4a-cc8f567db502
- **VALHI HOLDING CO** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e353a6d7-f471-5de2-ba14-ca64d5bdfaeb
- **NOA INC** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/395fbdd5-4c20-5139-b23a-9a027d6d9723
- **NATIONAL CITY LINES INC** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9506d2e0-e6b7-5db0-b601-fa0350fbba7d
- **VALHI GROUP INC** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3849a562-e05c-58bd-9fcb-82a0402fb624
- **SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA LAND CO INC** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2bf31e43-1424-5d33-b9d1-d9853e63c47e
- **DIXIE HOLDING CO** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d6918e2d-ece8-5557-8fc3-dc7087e5bf4a

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **COMPX INTERNATIONAL INC** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/61f8123f-7b88-5151-88ee-70965a2a90d3
- **KRONOS WORLDWIDE INC** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/08717211-5b99-52a0-b7b4-aa90e745a7e1
- **KRONOS INTERNATIONAL INC** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/bba6c3fc-41e2-5ada-a2ae-bec6dadc5c56

### UBO chain (walk to the ultimate owner)

A **277-step** ownership/control chain to the ultimate beneficial owner is resolved for this entity. The full cited chain unlocks with a paid API key or a one-off dossier — https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

## Get the full, resolved dossier (agent-callable)

The above is the free teaser. The resolved **multi-hop UBO chain**, ownership **%**, full **financial history**, itemised **assets** and the hop-by-hop **exposure path** are the paid depth — callable as tools from your agent:

```bash
npx -y @whiteintel/mcp-server   # then: get_dossier · trace_ownership_path · check_offshore_exposure
```

Or unlock a one-off cited dossier for **NL INDUSTRIES INC** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3d0a717d-e175-5b68-bb0f-98930899f093 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **NL INDUSTRIES INC**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3d0a717d-e175-5b68-bb0f-98930899f093 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/3d0a717d-e175-5b68-bb0f-98930899f093._

_Risk levels are heuristic investigative leads, not legal determinations of beneficial ownership. Every claim carries a source; an absent edge means "not yet observed in current sources", not "does not exist"._