From the Editor
  • 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.
Wealth History
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Personal Stats
Age
88
Source of Wealth
Investments, Self Made
Self-Made Score
9
Philanthropy Score
3
Residence
Indian Creek, Florida
Citizenship
United States
Marital Status
Married
Children
2
Education
Drop Out, New York University; Bachelor of Arts/Science, Princeton University
Did you know
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.
In Their Own Words

Some people get rich studying artificial intelligence. Me, I make money studying natural stupidity.

Carl Icahn
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