To: Reily
I have a fond recollection of him, he always made me money. Someone above said he was a straight talker. He openly said some day he would make an offer for the firm he had worked for as a geologist (Phillips). He did albeit some were startled that he tried to take them with Mesa Pet a very small firm in comparison. Fond memories, Unical, Superior oil, cities service, He put them in play and reaped the rewards Pickens knew the business and his associate Batchelder knew the values. Together they were formidable up to the Unocal deal...Hartley, CEO crushed Pickens in court. Laws against Greenmail and the fall out from the Boesky and others in the late 80s killed the entire LBO industry.
28 posted on
09/11/2019 12:42:04 PM PDT by
Mouton
(The media is the enemy of the people.)
To: Mouton
Ok, But its hard for me to think positive about someone who would advocate on such as large scale a niche technology like wind power. Yes everyone can make a mistake, but it doesn’t take advanced Martian algebra to calculate that such an investment is nonsense. Unless the goal is the USG subsidy not commercial profit.
29 posted on
09/11/2019 12:46:50 PM PDT by
Reily
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