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My Take
Carl Icahn is the name that made "corporate raider" sound almost glamorous, and I can't help respecting the sheer audacity. A Princeton kid out of Far Rockaway who turned a stockbroker's eye into a feared activist-investor empire, he built Icahn Enterprises into a conglomerate that companies genuinely brace for. What fascinates me is the persona as much as the portfolio: he plays the agitator who claims he's defending shareholders against complacent boards. Whether you read him as a value-unlocker or a disruptor, he's undeniably shaped how Wall Street thinks about who really owns a company. Few financiers have that kind of cultural footprint.
Overview
Carl Celian Icahn (; born February 16, 1936) is an American businessman and investor. He is the founder and controlling shareholder of Icahn Enterprises, a public company and diversified conglomerate holding company based in Sunny Isles Beach, Florida.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Carl Icahn
- Name (Japanese)
- カール・アイカーン
- Reading
- かーる・あいかーん
- Born
- February 16, 1936 (age 90)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Rat
- Origin
- Far Rockaway, New York, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- stockbroker / financier / businessperson / merchant
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Far Rockaway High School
- University
- Princeton University
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.