Entity Dossier
Person
T. Boone Pickens
Strategic Concepts & Mechanics
Strategic PatternProcess of Bites, Not Grand PlansDecision FrameworkCash Flow Over Earnings as Debt Survival TestRelationship LeverageHighly Confident as Substitute for Actual CapitalCapital StrategyInterest Deductibility as Leveraged Assault FuelCompetitive AdvantageNOL as Bidding War Nuclear OptionSignature MoveSpeed-of-Sale as Debt Survival DoctrineSignature MoveLawyer as Deal Principal, Not Hired GunSignature MoveParis Apartment DisciplineSignature MoveAll Debt Disguised as EquityCornerstone MoveBuy the Whole, Sell Everything But the Crown JewelCornerstone MoveBlind Pool Before the Target ExistsCornerstone MoveBribe the Gatekeeper, Storm the CastleCornerstone MoveBankruptcy's Tax Corpse as Acquisition WeaponCompetitive AdvantageTax Arbitrage as Structural WeaponOperating PrincipleProfessional Manager Decay Across GenerationsRisk DoctrineNever Cut Back a Committed DealSignature MoveMilken: Four-Thirty AM Cathedral-Builder With No OfficeCapital StrategyVenture Capital Masquerading as DebtSignature MovePeltz: Spittle-on-the-Check Persistence from Near-BrokeSignature MovePerelman: Borrowed $1.9M to a Boeing 727 in Seven YearsCornerstone MoveManufactured Credibility from Thin AirDecision FrameworkContra-Thinking as Default Mental Operating SystemIdentity & CultureForced Savings as Loyalty HandcuffsCornerstone MoveCash Flow Over Earnings as the Only TruthCornerstone MoveBuy the Core, Sell the Pieces, Erase the DebtSignature MoveKingsley: Mount Everest Desk, Twenty-Year Sounding BoardSignature MoveIcahn: Wrestling-a-Ghost Negotiation Until the Last PennyCornerstone MoveOwner's Equity as the Non-Negotiable DisciplineSignature MoveAct From Day One Instead of Planning How to PlanCornerstone MoveBreak Big Problems Into Small Executable PiecesDecision FrameworkWrite It Out Then Tear Up the PaperCompetitive AdvantageCompete on Smarts Not CapitalCornerstone MoveSell While Building Instead of Perfect-Then-LaunchStrategic PatternString Together Small Advances Not Lottery JackpotsSignature MoveMake Yourself Indispensable Through Extra Hours and SkillsStrategic PatternCross-Branding Everything BloombergSignature MoveChange When You Want To Not When GoadedRisk DoctrineParanoid Competitor VigilanceOperating PrincipleBottom Ten Percent Upgrade ResponsibilitySignature 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