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The first billion is the hardest reflections on a life of comebacks and America's energy future

T. Boone Pickens discusses how he, the foremost corporate raider of the 1980s, careened into clinical depression and faced financial ruin only to mount a comeback in his seventies that netted him yearly earnings of more than one billion dollars and reconfirmed his clairvoyance about the future of energy.

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  • "T. Boone Pickens discusses how he, the foremost corporate raider of the 1980s, careened into clinical depression and faced financial ruin only to mount a comeback in his seventies that netted him yearly earnings of more than one billion dollars and reconfirmed his clairvoyance about the future of energy."@en
  • ""Now eighty years old, T. Boone Pickens is a legendary figure in the business world. Known as the 'Oracle of Oil, ' he built Mesa Petroleum, one of the largest independent oil companies in the United States. When Pickens left Mesa after a downward spiral in the company's profits, many counted him out. What followed for him was the loss of 90 percent of his investing capital. But Pickens was far from out. He went on to stage one of the most impressive comebacks in the industry, turning his investment fund's remaining $3 million into $8 billion. That made him, at age seventy-seven, the world's second-highest-paid hedge fund manager. Today, Pickens is making some of the world's most colossal energy bets. In this audiobook, Pickens not only presents a comprehensive plan for American energy independence but also provides a fascinating glimpse into key resources. The First Billion Is the Hardest is both a riveting account of a life spent pulling off improbable triumphs and a report back from the front of the global energy and natural-resource wars."--Publisher's web site."@en
  • ""Now eighty years old, T. Boone Pickens is a legendary figure in the business world. Known as the 'Oracle of Oil, ' he built Mesa Petroleum, one of the largest independent oil companies in the United States. When Pickens left Mesa after a downward spiral in the company's profits, many counted him out. What followed for him was the loss of 90 percent of his investing capital. But Pickens was far from out. He went on to stage one of the most impressive comebacks in the industry, turning his investment fund's remaining $3 million into $8 billion. That made him, at age seventy-seven, the world's second-highest-paid hedge fund manager. Today, Pickens is making some of the world's most colossal energy bets. In this audiobook, Pickens not only presents a comprehensive plan for American energy independence but also provides a fascinating glimpse into key resources. The First Billion Is the Hardest is both a riveting account of a life spent pulling off improbable triumphs and a report back from the front of the global energy and natural-resource wars"--Publisher's web site."@en
  • "The legendary hedge-fund manager describes his battle back from financial disaster as he entered his seventh decade of life and the many vital lessons he learned along the way, including how to believe in oneself even if those around you do not."@en

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  • "The first billion is the hardest [reflections on a life of comebacks and America's energy future]"@en
  • "The First Billion is the Hardest"@en
  • "The first billion is the hardest [how believing it's still early in the game can lead to life's greatest comebacks]"@en
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  • "The first billion is the hardest refelctions on a life of comebacks and America's energy future"@en

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