Книга: T. Boone Pickens «The First Billion Is the Hardest: Reflections on a Life of Comebacks and America`s Energy Future»
Производитель: "Неизвестный" Both a riveting account of a life spent pulling off improbable triumphs and a report back from the front of the global-energy and natural-resource wars, The First Billion Is the Hardest tells the story of the remarkable late-life comeback that brought the famed oilman and maverick back from bankruptcy and clinical depression. Along the way, the man often called the Oracle of Oil shares the insights that have made him a legend and describes the billion-dollar bets he is now making in hopes of securing America s energy independence. ISBN:9780307396013 Издательство: "Неизвестный" (2015)
ISBN: 9780307396013 |
T. Boone Pickens
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name = T. Boone Pickens
caption = T. Boone Pickens, Jr.
birth_date = birth date and age|mf=yes|1928|05|22
birth_place =
occupation = Financier; Chairman, BP Capital Management
networth = US$3.0 billion (2007)
spouse = Madeleine Pickens
children =
residence =
alma_mater = Oklahoma A&M College - Stillwater
website = [http://www.boonepickens.com/ www.boonepickens.com]
footnotes =
Thomas Boone Pickens, Jr. (born May 22, 1928) is an American businessman who chairs the
Early life
Pickens was born in Pickens delivered newspapers as an 11-year-old boy and quickly expanded his newspaper route from 28 papers to 156. Pickens later cited his boyhood job as an early introduction to "expanding quickly by acquisition," a business practice he favored later in life. [http://www.horatioalger.com/members/member_info.cfm?memberid=PIC06 The Horatio Alger Association. "Boone Pickens, Chairman, Chevron Capital Management in Dallas, Texas"] ] When the oil boom in Oklahoma ended in the late 1930s, Pickens' family moved to Career Before reaching the age of 40, Pickens led Mesa's first big acquisition, the By 1981, Mesa had grown into one of the largest independent oil companies in the world, and Pickens shifted his focus to acquiring other oil and gas companies. He spent much of the decade targeting undervalued companies, making solicited and unsolicited buyout bids and other These as well as other deals placed Pickens at the center of controversy during the 80s. His celebrity rose so quickly after the On the local level, Pickens chaired the Board of Regents of In 1997 Pickens founded BP Capital Management (then called BP Energy Fund) — the initials standing for "Boone Pickens" and not related to Pickens has recently begun buying up subsurface Natural gas Pickens has begun speaking out on the issue of peak oil, claiming that world oil production is about to enter a period of irrevocable decline. He has called for the construction of more Activism Political interests and contributions Since 1980, Pickens has made over $5 million in political donations. [ [http://www.newsmeat.com/billionaire_political_donations/T_Boone_Pickens.php T. Boone Pickens profile] at On July 16, 2007, Pickens wrote an article for the Pickens chaired the celebration of the 40th anniversary of the "American Spectator", a conservative U.S. monthly magazine covering news and politics. [http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2007/11/happy_40th_to_the_american_spe.html American Thinker. "Happy 40th to The American Spectator!" by Christopher Alleva. November 5, 2007.] ] Pickens "said he has stopped giving to political campaigns and renounced his previous Republican affiliation in his drive to focus the nation's attention on the need for immediate, drastic action on energy" such as solar and wind. The Washington Post says that "perhaps the strangest role" Pickens "has fashioned for himself is his current one: the billionaire speculator as energy wise man, an oil-and-gas magnate as champion of wind power, and a lifetime Republican who has become a fellow traveler among environmentally minded Democrats -- even though he helped finance the 'Swift boat' ads that savaged" Sen. John F. Kerry's presidential campaign. In an editorial, the wift Boat challenge On November 6, 2007, Pickens reportedly offered a million dollars to anyone able to dispute any claims made in political ads by the On June 22, 2008, a group of Vietnam veterans who previously served with and now work with Mr. Kerry accepted the challenge and sent a 12-page letter — with a 42-page attachment of military records to support their case — with which they claimed to rebut several of the accusations of the Swift boat group. [cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/22/us/politics/22kerry.html|title=Veterans Rebut ‘Swift Boat’ Charges Against Kerry in Answer to Challenge] Pickens has responded with a message stating "In reviewing your material, none of the information you provide speaks specifically to the issues contained in the ads,” he wrote, “and, as a result, does not qualify for the $1 million." [cite web|url=http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/25/t-boone-pickens-says-no-deal/?scp=1&sq=Boone%20Pickens%20Swift&st=cse|title=T. Boone Pickens Says No Deal on Swift Boat Bounty.] Lobbying efforts to stop horse slaughter Pickens lobbied for the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act (HR 503) which would prohibit the slaughter for human consumption and the trade and transport of horseflesh and live horses intended for human consumption. [http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/nation/4171519.html] [cite book Attempt to sell natural gas with a California Ballot Initiative Pickens owns Philanthropy Donations to Oklahoma State University Pickens has been a major financial contributor to his alma mater, the Stillwater campus of Oklahoma State University (OSU). Through his contributions, Pickens has spearheaded an effort to create an athletic village just north of the existing campus. In order to do so, hundreds of homes were purchased by the OSU administration using Pickens' contributions. Pickens' gift remains the largest donation to a university's athletic program in collegiate history. His total contributions to OSU come to over $400 million dollars. Over $265 million, or 66%, of his donations have been towards athletics. Pickens also has made substantial academic gifts to Oklahoma State University, particularly to the On December 30, 2005, Pickens made a $165 million gift to Oklahoma State University. " On July 28, 2007 the Board of Regents of Oklahoma State University approved a resolution to move $28 million from the OSU Foundation into Pickens' BP Capital Management company in Dallas. Oklahoma State has previously invested $277 million in the fund. Pickens has been waiving fees for the university's investments with his fund. [ [http://www.fox23.com/sports/story.aspx?content_id=5c8c3375-2ab5-49e7-b4db-15a9aa6d2e00] ] On May 21, 2008 Pickens donated $100 million dollars to academics at Oklahoma State University. The gift will be matched by the state of Oklahoma. [ [http://ocolly.com/2008/05/21/boone-pickens-announces-100m-donation-to-osu/ The Daily O’Collegian » Boone Pickens announces $100M donation to OSU ] ] [cite book Humanitarian contributions Pickens and employees of his On May 16, 2007, Pickens donated $100 million to two On August 23, 2007, Bizjournals.com reported that Pickens is donating $2.5 million to Happy Hill Farm Academy/Home, a residential school for at-risk children and teenagers, to build a training center and guest lodge. Pickens donated $1 million to Happy Hill Farm for the construction of a new academic campus at the residential school in February 2007. [ [http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2007/08/20/daily33.html Dallas Business Journal. "Pickens gives $2.5M to residential school August 23, 2007.] ] On December 5, 2007 the Dallas Business Journal reported that Pickens had donated $6 million to Jubilee Park located at S. Carroll Avenue and Lindsley/Parry Avenue in Dallas and would man a bulldozer to begin demolition of an abandoned building across the street from a kindergarten Head Start program in Jubilee Park. [ [http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2007/12/03/daily15.html Dallas Business Journal. "Leppert, Pickens announce major donation" December 5, 2007] ] On June 20, 2008 Pickens donated $25 million to the University of Calgary's Faculty of Medicine during a visit with Calgary Flames owner Harley Hotchkiss. [ [http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2008/06/20/pickens-donation.html Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. "Billionaire hands U of C unexpected $25M gift" June 20, 2008] ] Alternative energy On September 19, 2007, Pickens told CNBC that the price of oil could rise to $100. "Demand is up and supply is flat, so it's got to go on up," said Pickens, whose company is betting on natural gas for vehicles. "I can give you an Oklahoma guarantee that natural gas will never sell above diesel and gasoline prices" as fuel for vehicles, Pickens added. [ [http://www.tulsaworld.com/business/article.aspx?articleID=070920_5_E4_spanc60366 Tulsa World. Pickens sees $100 oil, maybe in 2008" by Amy Strahan. September 20, 2007.] ] On January 2, 2008, the first contract for $100 bbl oil was sold on the Wind power In June 2007, Pickens announced the intention to build the world's largest wind farm by installing large On August 16, 2007, Pickens' On January 30, 2008, The Oklahoman reported that Pickens was ready to start buying On May 15, 2008, Pickens' Mesa Power announced that it had placed a first order for 667 1.5-megawatt turbines from On July 17, 2008, the Texas Public Utilities Commission approved ratepayer funding of $4.98 billion in electric transmission lines to connect wind farms in the Texas Panhandle to the electric grid. [cite news |url=http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/07/20/business/19wind.php |first=Kate |last=Galbraith |date=2008-07-20 |title=Texas approves a $4.93 billion wind-power project |work=International Herold Tribune |quote=Transmission companies will pay the upfront costs of the project. They will recoup the money from power users, at a rate of about $4 a month for residential customers.] This implements the provisions of a 2005 Texas law designed to promote new wind energy projects. [http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jul2008/2008-07-18-094.asp Retrieved 2008-09-14.] The Pickens Plan On July 8, 2008, Pickens announced a major energy policy proposal, called the Critics of the plan, however, point out that it is self-serving: Pickens is a huge investor in wind power, and subsidies and mandates for wind power would help his personal financial position. [ [http://www.examiner.com/a-1538408~Timothy_Carney__Shocking__Windmill_owner_wants_subsidies_.html Commentary - Timothy Carney: Shocking! Windmill owner wants subsidies!] , August 15, 2008, Newark Examiner.] The announcement of the plan also coincides with Pickens' need for federal subsidies for wind to be renewed, as he's already begun placing orders for his planned wind farm in Texas. [ [http://blogs.wsj.com/environmentalcapital/2008/05/15/texas-wind-boone-pickens-big-big-bet/ Texas wind: Boone Pickens' big, big bet] , May 15, 2008, Pickens plans to spend $58 million on his multi-media effort to promote the Pickens Plan. Pickens multi-media campaign includes old media, such as newspaper and TV, and new media, such as Investments On July 29, 2008, Pickens told the San Francisco Chronicle that he sold 10 million shares of Yahoo! stock (likely losing $50M USD in the process) because he felt the sale to Microsoft championed by As of October 7th, 2008 Yahoo Inc! (YHOO) has lost an additonal 27.5% or $5.54/Share which would have resulted with an additional loss of $55M had he not sold his shares in July Personal life Pickens is married to Madeleine Pickens, widow of Thoroughbred racehorse owner As of|2007, Pickens had five children and twelve grandchildren. [http://www.utsystem.edu/news/2007/PickensBio.pdf Pickens Biography] , 2007, University of Texas PDF.] References in popular culture In the 2000 film "American Psycho", Patrick Bateman jokes during a staged phone conversation that he has to get off the phone because "T. Boone Pickens just walked in" when a private investigator enters his office. [ [http://www.imsdb.com/scripts/American-Psycho.html American Psycho Script at IMSDb ] ] Bibliography * Pickens, Boone, "The First Billion is the Hardest: Reflections on a life of Comebacks and America's Energy Future", 2008, ISBN 0307395774 Notes References * [http://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/54/biz_06rich400_T-Boone-Pickens_1BJW.html Forbes 400] External links * [http://www.horatioalger.com/members/member_info.cfm?memberid=PIC06 Biography of Boone Pickens (Horatio Alger Awards)] Persondata Источник: T. Boone Pickens
url=http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2007/11/16/kerry_takes_oilman_pickens_up_on_1_million_swift_boat_challenge/
title=Kerry takes oilman Pickens up on $1 million Swift Boat challenge
first=Glen
last=Johnson
publisher=Associated Press
date=2007-11-16] In response to Kerry's acceptance of the challenge, Pickens issued a letter the same day, narrowing the original challenge to the SVPT ads, and requiring Kerry to provide his Vietnam journal, all of his military records, specifically those covering the years after his active duty service, and copies of all movies and tapes made during his service. Pickens' letter also challenged Kerry to agree to donate $1 million to the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation, if Kerry "cannot prove anything in the Swift Boat ads to be untrue."cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/politics/la-na-kerry17nov17,1,7546193.story?coll=la-news-politics-national&track=crosspromo|title=Kerry takes on 'Swift Boat' challenge|first=James|last=Rainey|publisher=The Los Angeles Times|date=2007-11-17] Kerry later accused Pickens of "parsing and backtracking" on his initial offer and wrote that "I am prepared to prove the lie and marshal all the evidence, the question is whether you are prepared to fulfill your obligation." [cite web|url=http://www.johnkerry.com/2007/11/20/senator-kerry-replies-to-pickens-moving-the-goalposts|title=Senator Kerry Responds to Pickens' Moving the Goalposts|publisher=John Kerry for U.S. Senate]
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isbn = 9780307395771 ] however, and all profits of the fund go to growing the OSU gift. The gift is intended to help fund an upgrade of the football stadium and construction of an athletic village, but sparked controversy because OSU planned to use
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* Pickens, Boone, "The Luckiest Guy in the World", 2001, ISBN 1587980193
* Pickens, Boone, "Boone", 1987, ISBN 0395478111
* [http://www.michaelcovel.com/archives/000979.html Recent article profile at Globe & Mail]
* [http://www.projo.com/business/content/projo_20041007_boon07x.49718.html Raider to trader]
* [https://www.bpcap.net/pickens.asp Bio from BP Capital]
* [http://www.pickensplan.com PickensPlan]
* [http://www.tickerspy.com/member.php?mid=-1218269&pid=-1 BP Capital Managements most recent holdings]
* [http://stoptboonepickens.com Stop T Boone Pickens Website]
NAME= Pickens, T. Boone
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Tyrone Boone Pickens, Jr. (full name)
SHORT DESCRIPTION= Financier; Chairman, BP Capital Management
DATE OF BIRTH= 1928-05-22
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