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The First Billion Is the Hardest /
Pickens, T. Boone
The First Billion Is the Hardest / Pickens, T. Boone - Crown Currency, 2009 - 290 pages
Itâs Never Too Late to Top Your Personal Best. 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, The First Billion Is the Hardest tells the story of the remarkable late-life comeback that brought the famed oilman and maverick back from bankruptcy and clinical depression. Along the way, the man often called the âOracle of Oilâ shares the insights that have made him a legendâand describes the billion-dollar bets he is now making in hopes of securing Americaâs energy independence. âSassy...breezes along...salted with earthy aphorisms.ââBloomberg Businessweek âBooneâs analysis of Americaâ s energy situation is 100 percent on the money....The country should listen to himâ now!â âWarren Buffett, chairman and CEO, Berkshire Hathaway âSelf-deprecating and audacious...overall, itâs decidedly informative about the machinations of business.â âDallas Morning News âA fascinating, eye-opening book by one of Americaâs greatest iconoclasts and entrepreneurs. Boone Pickensâ sense of daring and innovation has never been sharper.ââSteve Forbes, president and CEO, Forbes Inc., and editor in chief of Forbes magazine
9780307396013
Biography & Autobiography
338.762233 / PIC
The First Billion Is the Hardest / Pickens, T. Boone - Crown Currency, 2009 - 290 pages
Itâs Never Too Late to Top Your Personal Best. 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, The First Billion Is the Hardest tells the story of the remarkable late-life comeback that brought the famed oilman and maverick back from bankruptcy and clinical depression. Along the way, the man often called the âOracle of Oilâ shares the insights that have made him a legendâand describes the billion-dollar bets he is now making in hopes of securing Americaâs energy independence. âSassy...breezes along...salted with earthy aphorisms.ââBloomberg Businessweek âBooneâs analysis of Americaâ s energy situation is 100 percent on the money....The country should listen to himâ now!â âWarren Buffett, chairman and CEO, Berkshire Hathaway âSelf-deprecating and audacious...overall, itâs decidedly informative about the machinations of business.â âDallas Morning News âA fascinating, eye-opening book by one of Americaâs greatest iconoclasts and entrepreneurs. Boone Pickensâ sense of daring and innovation has never been sharper.ââSteve Forbes, president and CEO, Forbes Inc., and editor in chief of Forbes magazine
9780307396013
Biography & Autobiography
338.762233 / PIC