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Thomas Boone Pickens Jr. (May 22, 1928 – September 11, 2019) was an American business magnate and financier. Pickens chaired the hedge fund BP Capital Management. He was a well-known takeover operator and corporate raider during the 1980s. As of November 2016, Pickens had a net worth of $ 500 million. [1] Early life [ edit]
May 18, 2024 · T. Boone Pickens (born May 22, 1928, Holdenville, Oklahoma, U.S.—died September 11, 2019, Dallas, Texas) was an American businessman who, after founding his own company in the 1950s, amassed a personal fortune as a petroleum executive.
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Sep 11, 2019 · Legendary oil man T. Boone Pickens, whose investments helped shape the American energy industry going back to the 1950s, has died at the age of 91.
Mar 4, 2013 · Learn about T. Boone Pickens, a self-made billionaire who made his fortune in oil and gas, and later became a hedge fund manager and an advocate for natural gas. Find out his net worth, age, education, marital status, and more.
Sep 11, 2019 · T. Boone Pickens Jr., the swashbuckling Texas oil-and-gas entrepreneur whose storied life cast him in the disparate roles of corporate raider, defender of shareholder rights, unlikely...
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Sep 12, 2019 · Pickens was a brash and quotable corporate raider who made billions from oil and gas drilling and takeover attempts. He also championed renewable energy and donated to charity, but his wind farm plans failed and his net worth declined.
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Sep 11, 2019 · T. Boone Pickens, the onetime Texas oil wildcatter turned corporate raider who became a billionaire energy investor and television pitchman for wind and natural-gas power, has died. He was 91. He died Wednesday at his home of natural causes, according to the Dallas Morning News. His primary residence was in Dallas.
