Portrait of Carl Icahn

Rank #1021

Carl Icahn

Net worth $4.2B

Investments · United States

Born
Feb 16, 1936
Age
90
Source
Investments
Residence
Indian Creek, Florida
Citizenship
United States
Marital status
Married
Children
2
Education
Drop Out, New York University; Bachelor of Arts/Science, Princeton University

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Carl Icahn, one of Wall Street's most successful investors, has been shaking up corporate America for decades.
  • Icahn's primary investing vehicle is publicly traded Icahn Enterprises. He also runs a fund that invests his personal cash and money belonging to Icahn Enterprises.
  • Icahn grew up in Far Rockaway, Queens. He graduated from Princeton with a degree in philosophy in 1957.
  • Icahn began his career on Wall Street as a stockbroker for Dreyfus Corporation before buying a seat on the New York Stock Exchange in 1968.
  • He has donated about $200 million to what is now the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
  • Icahn was pushed by his mother to go to med school, but dropped out because he hated it.
  • He spent the first months of the Trump Administration advising Donald Trump on regulatory overhaul, but left the position amid controversy.

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