The name T. Boone Pickens may not mean much to a lot of poor people out there, so let’s start things off by properly setting up the story. Pickens is the chairman of BP Capital Management, and he’s made quite …

Last September, Forbes put together a list of the 400 richest Americans, and T. Boone Pickens came in 117th place.  Now, thanks (at least in part) to Yahoo, he’ll likely be a few spots lower when that list gets updated.