T. Boone Pickens

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Business magnate Thomas Boone Pickens, Jr., known as T. Boone Pickens became a billionaire by being involved with natural gas and oil. Another venture he had was to be active in business acquisitions which would end up highly in his favor financially. Pickens lost a good chunk of his money by giving a lot of it away, at least half of it. The energy movement to use alternative fuels has also not helped him financially.