T.boone pickens
- 2. Family History Thomas Boone Pickens Jr. Born on May 22, 1928 Born in Holdenville, Oklahoma Father worked as a land man working in oil Mother ran an Office of Price Administration Moved to Amarillo, Texas
- 3. Education High school in Amarillo Texas A&M on basketball scholarship Lost his scholarship Oklahoma A&M aka Oklahoma State University Majored in Geology Sigma Alpha Epsilon
- 4. Thomas Boone Pickens Jr. as a child
- 5. Boone Pickens Stadium Donated half a billon to OSU $176 million just to the Stadium NCAA record donation
- 6. Work Experience Philips Petroleum for 3 years Mesa Petroleum largest independent natural gas and oil company Chaired the Board of Regents of West Texas State University in Canyon Founded the BP Capital Management or BP Energy Funds Involved in the creation of the United Shareholders Association
- 7. Positions Boones bough companies out Known as the Corporate Raider Bought out Altair Oil & Gas Co., Cities Service, Gulf Oil, Philips Petroleum, Newmont Mining, Diamond Shamrock. Led Mesa Petroleums first major acquisition by taking over Hugoton Production company which was 30 times the size of Mesa
- 8. Achievements 2009- awarded the Bower Award for Business Leadership for 50 year of visionary leadership in oil 290 richest in the US 880th richest in the world