Carl Icahn
Summary
Carl Celian Icahn (born February 16, 1936) is an American financier, corporate raider, and private equity investor. Icahn was raised in Far Rockaway, Queens, New York City, where he attended Far Rockaway High School. His father was a Jewish Cantor, his mother was a schoolteacher. He was educated at Princeton University (A.B., philosophy, 1957) and New York University School of Medicine, but left prior to graduation. Icahn began his career on Wall Street in 1961. In 1968, he formed Icahn & Co., a securities firm that focused on risk arbitrage and options trading. In 1978, he began taking control of positions in individual companies. He has taken substantial or controlling positions in various corporations including RJR Nabisco, TWA, Texaco, Phillips Petroleum, Western Union, Gulf & Western, Viacom, Uniroyal, Dan River, Marshall Field, E-II (Culligan and Samsonite), American Can, USX, Marvel Comics, Revlon, Imclone, Federal-Mogul, Fairmont Hotels, Blockbuster, Kerr-McGee, Time Warner and Motorola.
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DealBook: A Hedge Fund Dogfight, Live, Mesmerizes Wall Street
Years of bad blood between two hedge fund magnates spilled publicly onto CNBC’s airwaves, as Carl C. Icahn derided his younger counterpart as a “crybaby,” and William A. Ackman declared the veteran investor a “bully. ”.
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Carl Icahn Dominates CNBC In Epic On-Air Fight With Bill Ackman
It’s not every day one of the world’s richest and best-known investors goes on a profanity-laced tirade on live television.
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Netflix and the threat to digital media businesses from hostile investors
Normally having a high-profile investor like Carl Icahn buying your shares would be welcomed - but it has obviously got streaming service Netflix worried about having its wings clipped.
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Is Netflix for Sale?
Carl Icahn's investment firm disclosed a 9. 98 percent stake in Netflix to the Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday—is he going to push the company to sell? That's the rumor today as Barclay's analyst Anthony DiClemente issued a report weighing the options for the company. "Though it remains unclear if an interested buyer will emerge over time, we believe Icahn's goal is indeed to sell the company," DiClemente wrote.
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It’s official: Falcone’s LightSquared files for bankruptcy
In a decision that nobody should find surprising, Philip Falcone’s 4G wireless network LightSquared announced today that it began voluntarily reorganizating under Chapter.
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Icahn bails on Falcone’s wireless dream LightSquared
Carl Icahn, known for investing in undervalued or underperforming companies, has sold his $250 debt holdings in the possibly doomed wireless service LightSquared.
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The Icahn Saga: The Poison Pill That Isn't
Carl Icahn is a reporter's dream. When things get a little slow, the 74-year old dealmaker always does something to spice it up. Which is what he did today when he said he was launching a tender offer for shares of Lionsgate(LGF)in a bid to give him a 30% stake in the company that makes the Saw and Tyler Perry movies.
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Google's Motorola subsidiary takeover could trigger patents battle with Apple
Motorola Mobility has issued patent licences for iPhones – it is now expected to provide patent protection to Android phones.
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Motricity Restructures: Closes Asia Operations, Will Focus On Mobile Ads
More woe for beleagured mobile services company Motricity: the company today announced that it is restructuring operations, pulling back from investments in Asia and focusing on growth in North America in areas like mobile advertising and enterprise services.
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Why Yahoo's Board Wants A Deal Done Before The First Week Of January (YHOO)
Interesting theory from fund manager Eric Jackson: Yahoo needs to get a deal done before January 7.
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