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The board fees and option grants at ImClone have been egregious, especially in light of the fact that shares have declined from a high of $86 to the current price of $30 in the past three years
Carl Icahn gets control of Imclone Systems Oct 25, 2006
The real risk for Time Warner shareholders is that a Google joint venture may be short-sighted in nature
Icahn plays Scrooge in Google-AOL deal Dec 20, 2005
The action we take today will create a pure-play fixed broadband wireless provider that combines significant resources with in-depth industry expertise to meet the growing demand for high-bandwidth broadband wireless services
Icahn pays $700M for XO Communications Nov 07, 2005
We are pleased that Mylan has finally announced actions attempting to enhance shareholder value
Mylan Laboratories launches share buyback Jun 15, 2005
We will continue to monitor the situation at Lions Gate and will aggressively take all action necessary to protect our investment
Icahn folds in Lions Gate proxy battle Dec 13, 2010
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 cantor (a Jewish prayer leader), his mother was a schoolteacher. He was educated at Princeton University (A.B., philosophy, 1957) and New York University School of Medicine, but left without graduating.
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. With TWA, he got the rights to sell TWA tickets at a steep discount. People bought his tickets and pushed TWA into the red. As of February 2010, Icahn is now trying to grab 4 seats on the Genzyme board.