Pickens, T. Boone

Pickens, T. Boone (1928-present)

Quick Facts

• Chairman of the hedge fund BP Capital Management
• Founded the company that would later become Mesa Petroleum in 1956
• Outspoken proponent of natural gas as the best vehicular fuel alternative because it is a domestic resource that is cleaner-burning and reduces foreign oil consumption
• Worth around $3 billion (2008)
• Education: Oklahoma State University undergrad