T. Boone Pickens Is No Longer a Billionaire, Forbes Says
You don't hear T. Boone Pickens talk much about wind energy, once the cornerstone of his plan for U.S. energy independence. It's not so much that he's given up on the idea of wind as a key component of the country's future energy portfolio as that his recent forays into the market have been disastrous.
In Texas, his plan for the world's largest wind farm was tripped up by the recession and regulatory hurdles. The investment he made instead, in a proposed Minnesota wind farm, went little better.
He summed it up nicely in an interview last year with MSNBC's Morning Joe: "I've lost my ass in the business."
He's also lost many, many millions of dollars, enough that Forbes has officially stripped him of the billionaire mantle, knocking his net worth down to $950 million.
More at http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2013/09/t_boone_pickens_is_no_longer_a.php .
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