Name: T. Boone Pickens
Fortune: Self Made (Oil & Gas)
Net Worth: 1.5 Billion
Industry: Energy
Billionaire World Rank: #512
Book: Boone Pickens - The Luckiest Guy in the World
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From Forbes:
"Legendary raider winning big on rising price of crude. Last year said oil would reach $60 a barrel when it was trading in the $40s; predicted oil would hit $75 by the end of the year. Graduated from Oklahoma State U. with geology degree, founded Mesa Petroleum in 1956 with $2,500. Sold to Richard Rainwater (see). Made name with hostile takeover runs on Gulf, Phillips, Unocal. These days running oil and gas investment shop BP Capital, trying to capitalize on lucrative water rights in Texas Panhandle. Septuagenarian recently married widow of Gulfstream founder Allen Paulson."
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