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T. Boone Pickens

An American oilman and business man. He founded an oil company, Mesa Petroleum, in 1956, and built it into one of the largest independent oil companies in the world. In the 1980s, Mesa was deeply involved in mergers and acquisitions, buying and attempting to buy companies much larger than it was. Pickens developed a reputation as a greenmailer, one who buys stock in a company and forces the company to buy it back at a large premium to avoid a hostile takeover. In 1997, he established BP Capital Management, which manages hedge funds. He is also a noted patron of his alma mater, Oklahoma State University. He was born in 1928.

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Boone Pickens Capital Fund Advisors' index and ETF development arm TriLine Index Solutions, has announced the launch of a new renewable energy ETF via the change of the NYSE Pickens Oil Response ETF (NYSE: BOON) to the Pickens Morningstar[R] Renewable Energy Response ETF (NYSE: RENW), the company said.

BP Capital Fund Advisors diversifies investor offerings with launch of renewable energy ETF (RENW)

The NYSE Pickens Oil Response ETF, the once scuffling energy exchange traded fund that was built by Boone Pickens Capital Fund Advisors, the investing firm founded by the legendary oilman, is no longer.

A Closer Look At The New Clean Energy ETF

The company was Dallas energy investor T Boone Pickens' first takeover target in 1982.

Texas's Emerging Position In Global Geopolitics

Boone Pickens is getting its own slice of real estate in Times Square.

Eco-friendly food truck to get slice of Times Square

Boone Pickens say that, one way or the other, the world will be forced on to cleaner fuels for its vehicles.

The Shift To EVs

7, Boone Pickens Stadium, Stillwater, Okla.: TCU was No.

Alamo Bowl

Boone Pickens, with a penchant and portfolio for alternative energy sources, proclaimed that just such a coast-to-coast "highway" was an attainable goal.

Pearl station is latest link in 'natural gas highway'

Boone Pickens said on Tuesday, revising his previous forecast which said they would reach that level as early as this year.

Oil to reach $100 a barrel by end of 2016 -Pickens

Oklahoma State University (OSU) officials say a $1.6 million gift from a pair of Iranian brothers will provide the school with more than $6 million thanks to matching funds from oilman Boone Pickens and the state of Oklahoma.

Iranian brothers give OSU $1.6m

Boone Pickens said: "We have so much natural gas...

Alternatively fueled vehicles fight for market share as price of diesel dips to two-year low

Boone Pickens has dubbed "the Saudi Arabia of wind.'' Trinity's backlog of structural towers orders totaled close to $270 million at year-end 2013.