He is T. Boone Pickens. Mr. Pickens was a celebrated oil man, author, philanthropist, rancher, visionary, entrepreneur, and corporate raider. In essence, bigger than life.
You can read numerous stories about him and his legendary life. His primary firms in his life were Mesa Petroleum and BP Capital. Mesa was an oil and gas firm, BP Capital was a hedge fund oriented to the oil and gas industry. Oddly enough, he was social media savvy.
I will focus on the time I heard him speak over 20 years ago. First, every attendee got a copy of his book, Boone. It is good read.
What I remember was his speech and Q&A session. His speech was much like him, honest and plainspoken. The Q&A session was much like him, honest answers to every question. I cannot recall much of what he said, but that I just nodded a lot to his points and smiling broadly at his answers during the Q&A session.
Link to his obituary on CNBC: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/11/reuters-america-update-2-oracle-of-oil-t-boone-pickens-dies-at-91.html
Link to the Texas Monthly magazine obituary: https://www.texasmonthly.com/news/boone-pickens-was-a-helluva-storyteller-and-thats-why-we-couldnt-resist-him/
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