This is the first obituary I post on the blog. Likely the last one, too.
In memory of T. Boone Pickens, wildcatter and amazing businessman, who passed away at age 91. While I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Pickens, he always struck me with his high energy. Pickens made a fortune with Mesa Petroleum but most recently became focused on renewables: wind energy through his Pickens Plan.
” From his base in Texas, Pickens and his Mesa Petroleum Co., one of the largest independent U.S. producers of oil and gas, made a splash on Wall Street in the 1980s with its attempted corporate takeovers, assisted by figures such as mergers-and-acquisitions lawyer Joseph Flom and banker Alan “Ace” Greenberg at Bear Stearns Cos. “
Bloomberg, Sept. 11, 2019