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T. Boone Pickens
Strategic Concepts & Mechanics
Strategic PatternProcess of Bites, Not Grand Plans
Decision FrameworkCash Flow Over Earnings as Debt Survival Test
Relationship LeverageHighly Confident as Substitute for Actual Capital
Capital StrategyInterest Deductibility as Leveraged Assault Fuel
Competitive AdvantageNOL as Bidding War Nuclear Option
Signature MoveSpeed-of-Sale as Debt Survival Doctrine
Signature MoveLawyer as Deal Principal, Not Hired Gun
Signature MoveParis Apartment Discipline
Signature MoveAll Debt Disguised as Equity
Cornerstone MoveBuy the Whole, Sell Everything But the Crown Jewel
Cornerstone MoveBlind Pool Before the Target Exists
Cornerstone MoveBribe the Gatekeeper, Storm the Castle
Cornerstone MoveBankruptcy's Tax Corpse as Acquisition Weapon
Competitive AdvantageTax Arbitrage as Structural Weapon
Operating PrincipleProfessional Manager Decay Across Generations
Risk DoctrineNever Cut Back a Committed Deal
Signature MoveMilken: Four-Thirty AM Cathedral-Builder With No Office
Capital StrategyVenture Capital Masquerading as Debt
Signature MovePeltz: Spittle-on-the-Check Persistence from Near-Broke
Signature MovePerelman: Borrowed $1.9M to a Boeing 727 in Seven Years
Cornerstone MoveManufactured Credibility from Thin Air
Decision FrameworkContra-Thinking as Default Mental Operating System
Identity & CultureForced Savings as Loyalty Handcuffs
Cornerstone MoveCash Flow Over Earnings as the Only Truth
Cornerstone MoveBuy the Core, Sell the Pieces, Erase the Debt
Signature MoveKingsley: Mount Everest Desk, Twenty-Year Sounding Board
Signature MoveIcahn: Wrestling-a-Ghost Negotiation Until the Last Penny
Cornerstone MoveOwner's Equity as the Non-Negotiable Discipline
Signature MoveAct From Day One Instead of Planning How to Plan
Cornerstone MoveBreak Big Problems Into Small Executable Pieces
Decision FrameworkWrite It Out Then Tear Up the Paper
Competitive AdvantageCompete on Smarts Not Capital
Cornerstone MoveSell While Building Instead of Perfect-Then-Launch
Strategic PatternString Together Small Advances Not Lottery Jackpots
Signature MoveMake Yourself Indispensable Through Extra Hours and Skills
Strategic PatternCross-Branding Everything Bloomberg
Signature MoveChange When You Want To Not When Goaded
Risk DoctrineParanoid Competitor Vigilance
Operating PrincipleBottom Ten Percent Upgrade Responsibility
Signature MoveThrow Everyone Into Deep End and Watch Who Emerges
Primary Evidence
"T. Boone Pickens, Carl Icahn, Irwin Jacobs, Sir James Goldsmith, Oscar Wyatt, Saul Steinberg, Ivan Boesky, Carl Lindner, the Belzbergs—and lesser lights about to shine, such as Nelson Peltz, Ronald Perelman, William Farley."
Source:The Predators' Ball
"T. Boone Pickens, Saul Steinberg, Oscar Wyatt, Carl Icahn, Ronald Perelman, Sanford Sigoloff, William Farley—"
Source:The Predators' Ball
"T. Boone Pickens, Carl Icahn, Irwin Jacobs, Sir James Goldsmith, Oscar Wyatt, Saul Steinberg, Ivan Boesky, Carl Lindner, the Belzbergs—and lesser lights about to shine, such as Nelson Peltz, Ronald Perelman, William Farley."
Source:Predator's Ball
"T. Boone Pickens, Saul Steinberg, Oscar Wyatt, Carl Icahn, Ronald Perelman, Sanford Sigoloff, William Farley—were"
Source:Predator's Ball
"T. Boone Pickens, Carl Icahn, and Ron Perelman"
Source:Bloomberg by Bloomberg