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Thomas Boone Pickens, Jr.

Thomas Boone Pickens, Jr.

Thomas Boone Pickens, Jr. (born May 22, 1928) is an American businessman who chairs the private equity firm BP Capital Management. He was a well-known takeover artist during the 1980s. With an estimated current net worth of about $3 billion, he is ranked by Forbes as the 117th-richest person in America and ranked 369th in the world.

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