T. Boone Pickens

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One of America's foremost oil and gas entrepreneurs, T. Boone Pickens chairs the BP Capital Management Hedge Fund. He is one of the richest men in the world, with a net worth in the billions. He became well known for his successful business takeover tactics in the 1980s.
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T. Boone Pickens was born on May 22, 1928, and graduated from Oklahoma State University with a geology degree in 1951. He founded the BP management fund in 1997, and runs two hedge funds: Capital Commodity and Capital Equity, both of which invest primarily in oil and gas. He was a major financial support of President George W. Bush.

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    When T. Boone Pickens is bullish, investors listen. The former corporate raider
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    ... 4. T. Boone Pickens Texas oil barron T. Boone Pickens wasn't always a
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    ... TUTORIAL: The Industry Handbook: The Oil Services Industry. T. Boone Pickens
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  • The Getty Oil Takeover Fiasco

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    ... It was the largest takeover in history and it involved major players like American
    financier T. Boone Pickens, and Ivan Boesky and Martin Siegel, who gained ...

  • How To Profit From Natural Gas Fueling Cars

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    ... Big names and big money are not giving up on the idea of expanding natural gas vehicles,
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    ... a Jan. 18 CNBC interview, well-known oil executive T. Boone Pickens said,
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  • Military Tightens Its Belt, Goes Green

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    ... CLNE is partly owned by oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens, and is the sharp part of his
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  • A Look Inside The Natural Gas Pipeline

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    ... gas. Proponents like hedge fund billionaire T. Boone Pickens are leading
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  • What Does It Mean To Be Green?

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    ... For example, in 2007, legendary oil man T. Boone Pickens launched a bid to
    build one of the biggest wind farms in the United States. ...

  • Corporate Insiders Putting Cash On The Line

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    ... He follows on the heels of Director Suzanne Mestayer, who bought a month earlier,
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