Awards & Recognition
★Named after him: Icahn Stadium on Randall's Island in New York
★Mount Sinai School of Medicine renamed to Icahn School of Medicine after his $200M donation
★Recognition as one of Wall Street's most influential activist investors
Notable Facts
→Chairman and controlling shareholder (85%) of Icahn Enterprises, a diversified holding company
→Born February 16, 1936, graduated Princeton University 1957 with B.A. in philosophy
→Famous corporate raider and activist investor since the 1980s
→Served as special adviser to President Trump on regulatory reform (2017)
→Made $250+ million profit on Twitter investment during Musk takeover
→Has taken positions in major companies including Apple, Netflix, Time Warner, Yahoo
→Founded seven Icahn Charter Schools in The Bronx
→Recent SEC settlement for $1.5M over disclosure failures regarding pledged securities