Texas wildcatter who acquired Dad Joiner's East Texas oil field in a sharp dealing, used it to build the largest personal fortune in the United States — and whose ultra-conservative political media empire made him as polarizing as he was wealthy.
Demonstrated the poker player's approach to business — willing to bet everything on a single hand, always seeking the asymmetric bet where the upside vastly exceeded the cost of the option — and built one of the greatest fortunes in American history from a single inspired (and legally ambiguous) transaction.
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