T. Boone Pickens (1928-Now) Author

Thomas Boone Pickens, Jr. (born May 22, 1928), 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. With an estimated net worth of about $1.4 billion, he is ranked by Forbes as the 328th-richest person in America and ranked 879th in the world.