The first billion is the hardest: reflections on a life of comebacks and america's energy future
Author:
Publisher:
Crown Publishers,
Pub. Date:
[2008]
Edition:
1st ed.
Language:
English
Description
The man whose corporate takeover attempts and shareholder activism reshaped the oil industry in the 1980s recounts his most awe-inspiring comeback, which saw him net over a billion dollars in his seventh decade. 8-page b&w photo insert.
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ISBN:
9780307395771
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| topic_facet | Petroleum industry and trade, Pickens, T. Boone, Success in business | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
