Thе First Billion Is thе Hаrdеst: Rеflеctions on а Lifе of Comеbаcks аnd Amеricааnd#8217;s Enеrgy Futurе
Publisher: Rаndom Housе Αudio
Number of Pages: 0
Published: 2008-09-02
List price: $29.95
With a Plan for Reducing U.S. Oil DependencyIt’s never too late to top your personal best.Now eighty years old, T. Boone Pickens is a legendary figure in the business world. Known as the “Oracle of Oil” because of his uncanny ability to predict the direction of fuel prices, he built Mesa Petroleum, one of the largest independent oil companies in the United States, from a $2,500 investment. In the 1980s, Pickens became a household name when he executed a series of unsolicited buyout bids for undervalued oil companies, in the process reinventing the notion of shareholders’...