T. Boone Pickens
T. Boone Pickens
Thomas Boone Pickens, Jr., known as T. Boone Pickens, is an American business magnate and financier. Pickens chairs the hedge fund BP Capital Management. He was a well-known takeover operator and corporate raider during the 1980s. As of September 2014, Pickens has a net worth of $1 billion...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth22 May 1928
CountryUnited States of America
years married over-50
I've been married over 50 years of my life.
use news computer
Never Googled myself. I use a computer for market quotes and news, but I've never Googled myself. But I have visited their headquarters.
important looks belive
I've always believed that it's important to show a new look periodically. Predictability can lead to failure.
heaven want faces
I'm a Republican. I don't want to go to heaven and have to face my family up there and tell them I voted for a Democrat.
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The first billion is a helluva lot harder.
oil decision soldier
For decades, our dependence on OPEC oil has dictated our national security decisions and tied us up in the Middle East at an incredible price. We've spent more than $5 trillion and thousands of American soldiers have died securing Middle East oil.
oil opec free-market
There is no free market for oil.
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If you can provide the funding and you get the leadership, you'll have a competitive team.
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If somebody I don't like gets in the crosshairs, I pull the trigger. But I don't hunt for them.
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When you look at a commodities market you need hedgers and speculators. If you don't have one, you don't have a market. That's how it works.
fundamentals
Fundamentals make the market.
sleep eight hours
Work eight hours and sleep eight hours, and make sure that they are not the same eight hours.
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If you're on the right side of the issue, just keep driving until you hear glass breaking. Don't quit.
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When you are hunting elephants, don't get distracted chasing rabbits.