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T. Boone Pickens was an American business magnate and financier who chaired the hedge fund BP Capital Management. He was a well-known takeover operator and corporate raider during the 1980s, and later became an energy investor and philanthropist.
Sep 7, 2024 · Learn about the life and career of T. Boone Pickens, an American oil tycoon who became a renewable energy advocate in the 21st century. Find out how he made his fortune, launched corporate takeovers, and developed the Pickens Plan.
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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 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.
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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.
Sep 11, 2019 · Pickens was a wildcatter, hedge fund founder and billionaire philanthropist who rewrote the playbook for corporate raiders. He also pursued clean energy solutions with wind power and natural gas, and was a big Republican donor and friend of George W. Bush.
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Sep 11, 2019 · US businessman T Boone Pickens, a Texas energy investor known for his folksy speech and ruthless business practices, has died at age 91. Mr Pickens, whose activism on behalf of shareholders was...
