Carl Icahn Profile
Carl Icahn

@Carl_C_Icahn

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Chairman of Icahn Enterprises L.P.; etc., etc. Some people get rich studying artificial intelligence. Me, I make money studying natural stupidity.

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@Carl_C_Icahn
Carl Icahn
8 years
2/2 How many of our presidents, even our great presidents, would have handled the antics that went on in that auditorium as well as he did?
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Carl Icahn
8 years
1/2 Believe Trump gave a great speech.
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Carl Icahn
7 years
. @realDonaldTrump ‘s brilliant inaugural speech, defying worst critics, leaves no doubt our dangerous slide towards socialism is over.
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Carl Icahn
7 years
I've agreed to serve as a special advisor to the president on issues relating to regulatory reform:
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Carl Icahn
9 years
1/3 After last night’s debate I decided to accept @realDonaldTrump offer for Secretary of Treasury.
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Carl Icahn
7 years
1/2 Today, with President Trump’s blessing, I ceased to act as special advisor to the President on issues relating to regulatory reform.
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Carl Icahn
8 years
Trump is right on about our economy. Read more:
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Carl Icahn
1 year
Thank you to all of the Illumina shareholders that voted for me. I look forward to serving on behalf of all shareholders and stakeholders. I am happy to say that activism is alive and well at Icahn. - Andrew Teno, Icahn Capital
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Carl Icahn
8 months
I spoke to Illumina’s new CEO, Jacob Thaysen. I think he will do an excellent job and he has my full support.
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Carl Icahn
7 years
2/2 Here is a copy of the letter that I delivered to President Trump confirming this decision.
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Carl Icahn
2 years
I will be speaking with @ScottWapnerCNBC on @CNBCOvertime today at 4 pm ET.
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Carl Icahn
11 years
We currently have a large position in APPLE. We believe the company to be extremely undervalued. Spoke to Tim Cook today. More to come.
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Carl Icahn
8 years
2/2 How do you “unleash the power of corporations” if you do nothing about the strangulating regulations, which she said zero about
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Carl Icahn
11 months
I am happy to see all of the recent events occurring at Illumina. While obviously I believe the change of CEO should have come meaningfully sooner, it is still a very positive occurrence. The new additions to the board, the CEO transition, as well as the change of the Chairman,
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Carl Icahn
5 months
We have been asked many questions about recent events at Illumina. Read our letter to $ILMN shareholders (including other important information) here:
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Carl Icahn
2 years
2/3 I’m honored to be of interest to @HBOdocs . A major reason for my participation in the film was that I wanted to convey the following message: There are many good CEOs and boards, but there are far too many terrible ones that are hurting our economy…
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Carl Icahn
7 years
2/2 Steve Mnuchin and Wilbur Ross will both help to do what American needs most – stimulate companies to invest.
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Carl Icahn
8 years
1/2 Spoke to @realDonaldTrump . Steve Mnuchin and Wilbur Ross are being considered for Treasury and Commerce. Both would be great choices.
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Carl Icahn
2 years
3/3 Even though we have great corporations, the boards of these companies don't hold their CEOs accountable, and we are therefore not nearly as productive as we should be, which is a major reason for inflation and the wealth gap.
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Carl Icahn
9 years
Sold last of our $NFLX today. Believe $AAPL currently represents same opportunity we stated NFLX offered several years ago.
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Carl Icahn
2 years
1/3 The @HBO documentary which I'm the subject of - directed by Bruce David Klein of @AtlasMediaCorp - premieres tonight on @HBOMax at 9PM.
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Carl Icahn
9 years
2/3 Seriously, the methods of electing our corporate and political leaders have become completely dysfunctional.
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Carl Icahn
9 years
$AAPL is still undervalued and misunderstood. Expect to put out another in-depth report within two weeks.
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Carl Icahn
9 years
'Danger Ahead' is now available on http://t.co/4rVAcLBsH9
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Carl Icahn
1 year
Check out our interview on “Close to the Edge” – Case for Change at Illumina: SECURITY HOLDERS ARE ADVISED TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT AND OTHER DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THE SOLICITATION OF PROXIES BY CARL C. ICAHN AND HIs affiliates FROM THE STOCKHOLDERS OF
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Carl Icahn
7 years
1/2 Congrats to @realDonaldTrump on making excellent choices for Treasury and Commerce.
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Carl Icahn
1 year
I will be speaking with Neil Cavuto @TeamCavuto on @FoxNews today at 4:15 ET
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Carl Icahn
9 years
1/2 I am starting a Super PAC with my initial commitment of $150 million to help end the crippling dysfunction in Congress
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Carl Icahn
9 years
3/3 In both areas, we are in dire need of a breath of fresh air.
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Carl Icahn
8 years
My views concerning recent developments for Donald Trump:
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Carl Icahn
10 years
Just bought $500 mln more $AAPL shares. My buying seems to be going neck-and-neck with Apple's buyback program, but hope they win that race.
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Carl Icahn
2 years
I will be speaking with @ScottWapnerCNBC on @CNBC today at 4 pm ET.
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Carl Icahn
2 years
My proxy fights at McDonald's & Kroger differed from most companies I target as an activist b/c both are performing well, financially. The issue of a lack of accountability remains the same however (in this case, treatment of workers & animals). Read more:
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Carl Icahn
8 years
1/2 Hillary’s speech was a mishmash of contradictions. For example…
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Carl Icahn
2 years
I’m looking forward to speaking with @erikschatzker on @BloombergTV today at 3pm ET. We’ll be discussing the #IcahnHBO documentary and many more topics.
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Carl Icahn
8 years
If you haven’t seen ‘Danger Ahead’ watch it on . Unfortunately I believe the meltdown in High Yield is just beginning
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Carl Icahn
9 years
Think you will find our latest letter to @tim_cook re $AAPL interesting: http://t.co/w6e9XvWptb
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Carl Icahn
9 years
You can watch my new video, ‘Danger Ahead,’ on http://t.co/4rVAcLBsH9
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Carl Icahn
7 years
2/2 I have not been in restaurant Marea in 10 yrs. Nor do I eat steak rare or drink red wine. Nor does Ackman ever toast to me.
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Carl Icahn
8 years
2/2 Both are good friends of mine but, more importantly, they are two of the smartest people I know.
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Carl Icahn
11 years
Had a nice conversation with Tim Cook today. Discussed my opinion that a larger buyback should be done now. We plan to speak again shortly.
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Carl Icahn
1 year
I will be speaking with @ScottWapnerCNBC on @CNBCClosingBell today at 3 pm ET.
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Carl Icahn
8 years
1/2 Aubrey McClendon was one of the brightest men I've ever dealt with. I personally always found him to be a gentleman in our interactions.
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Carl Icahn
10 years
Agree completely with $AAPL's increased buyback and extremely pleased with results. Believe we’ll also be happy when we see new products.
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Carl Icahn
9 years
I’m releasing a new video at midnight called “Danger Ahead.” It covers several critical matters I believe we need to be far more aware of.
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Carl Icahn
10 years
Great gift from my daughter. She says a 2nd addition coming soon. Hope $EBAY is on it. http://t.co/IyBOXif3Zg
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Carl Icahn
8 years
I'll be speaking with @ScottWapnerCNBC today at noon ET on @HalftimeReport regarding @realDonaldTrump victory and what it means for markets
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Carl Icahn
9 years
2/2 I have therefore sent the following letter to the relevant committees and leaders of Congress:
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Carl Icahn
9 years
1/2 I believe the market is extremely overheated – especially high yield bonds.
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Carl Icahn
9 years
2/2 If more respected investors had warned about the market in ’07, we might have avoided the crisis in ’08.
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Carl Icahn
9 years
. @TheEconomist asked me to write 850 words on what investors should do to profit in 2015. Here’s what I said: http://t.co/5fUchEwADF
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Carl Icahn
8 years
Just made a new offer to acquire Pep Boys for $18.50 per share:
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Carl Icahn
1 year
Read our open letter to $ILMN shareholders (including other important information) here:
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Carl Icahn
8 years
I just issued a statement about $HLF. Read it here:
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Carl Icahn
4 years
I will be speaking with @ErikSchatzker on @BloombergTV today at 3pm ET
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Carl Icahn
9 years
Danger Ahead will be available tonight at midnight on http://t.co/4rVAcLBsH9. You can watch the trailer there now.
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Carl Icahn
10 years
Bought another $500mil of $AAPL tday, bringing our total to $3.6 billion. If board doesn’t see AAPL’s ‘no brainer’ value we sure do.
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Carl Icahn
8 years
I’ll be on @FoxBusiness at 5:00 p.m. ET speaking with Adam Shapiro @Ajshaps
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Carl Icahn
7 years
1/1 Article today in @dealbreaker gives new meaning to the words fake news.
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Carl Icahn
10 years
Just over 1yr ago we tweeted our large position in $AAPL & belief the company extremely undervalued. Since then, stock is up 50.6%
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Carl Icahn
8 years
Carl Icahn Issues Statement in Response to Bernie Sanders Remarks:
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Carl Icahn
4 years
Read our letter to $OXY stockholders (including other important information) here:
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Carl Icahn
10 years
$GOOG @ 19x2014 est operating profit. At same multiple $AAPL=$1,245 per share. Ridiculous. Keep buying Tim! You still have $145 billion cash
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Carl Icahn
9 years
I own a large stake in AIG and have just sent the following letter to the CEO:
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Carl Icahn
2 years
I will be speaking with @MelissaLeeCNBC on @CNBCFastMoney today at 5:25pm ET
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Carl Icahn
11 years
Twitter is great. I like it almost as much as I like Dell.
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Carl Icahn
10 years
As we said at conference yesterday, we continue to believe $AAPL remains meaningfully undervalued. Many analysts fail to understand company
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Carl Icahn
9 years
2/3 Today Pfizer confirmed they are planning to move out of the country. The situation is much more dangerous than most people believe.
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Carl Icahn
7 years
I will be on @CNBC today around 5:25pm ET for the 10th anniversary of @CNBCFastMoney .
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Carl Icahn
9 years
3/3 There is no reason Congress cannot act now to pass international tax reform with the Highway Bill.Read my letter
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Carl Icahn
9 years
Here’s the full interview I had with @ScottWapnerCNBC yesterday on @CNBC :
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Carl Icahn
9 years
1/3 Unfortunately, my warning concerning the imminent exodus of many of our best companies is coming true.
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Carl Icahn
10 years
Tmrw we’ll be sending an open letter to @tim_cook . Believe it will be interesting.
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Carl Icahn
4 years
I’ll be speaking with @ScottWapnerCNBC today at 12:30pmET on @CNBC ‘s @HalftimeReport
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Carl Icahn
8 years
I'll be speaking to @trish_regan tonight on @FoxBusiness after @SpeakerRyan finishes his speech, around 9:30pm ET.
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Carl Icahn
2 years
On #EarthDay , @McDonaldsCorp and @Kroger may tout their focus on #ESG initiatives, but scientists agree that industrialized agriculture (including #CAFOs within these companies’ supply chains) is contributing to major #sustainability violations, #pollution and #AnimalCruelty
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Carl Icahn
1 year
Read our open letter to $ILMN shareholders (including other important information) here:
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Carl Icahn
8 years
@mcuban Cap spending is way down b/c companies r worried about onerous regs - which is diminishing productivity & our ability to compete
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Carl Icahn
7 years
See my piece in @thehill regarding latest “fake news” concerning my activities involving RINs & the RFS:
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Carl Icahn
2 years
Read our letter to shareholders of $MCD @McDonaldsCorp here:
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Carl Icahn
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Read our open letter to $ILMN shareholders (including other important information) here:
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Carl Icahn
8 years
We have recently acquired a large position in Allergan $AGN & are very supportive of CEO Brent Saunders. Read more:
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Carl Icahn
8 years
I’ll be on @CNBC ‘s @PowerLunch today around 2pmET
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Carl Icahn
11 years
Spoke to Tim. Planning dinner in September. Tim believes in buyback and is doing one. What will be discussed is magnitude.
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Carl Icahn
1 year
Read our open letter to $ILMN shareholders (including other important information) here:
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Carl Icahn
2 years
. @McDonaldsCorp ’s Board must be held accountable for its significant ESG missteps, just as boards should be held accountable for financial underperformance. $MCD must make good on its +10 year promise. The only way to accomplish that is adding new perspectives to the boardroom.
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Carl Icahn
2 years
Read our presentation on the opportunity $MCD has to be a leader in the ESG movement. Our campaign can be an inflection point for sweeping change and a moment for shareholders to back up ESG platitudes with real action.
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1 year
Read our open letter to $ILMN shareholders (including other important information) here:
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Carl Icahn
11 years
Sold block of NFLX today. Wish to thank Reed Hastings, Ted Sarandos, NFLX team, and last but not least Kevin Spacey: http://t.co/BRWpKOBfD2
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Carl Icahn
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@davidfaber @davidfaber you should realize that the funds comprising our investment segment are only a small part of what we do. $IEP 's return during the period you cite was +516.62% or +13.96% annualized, which we believe compares quite favorably to the S&P.
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Carl Icahn
4 years
We just issued a statement regarding $HLF:
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Carl Icahn
8 years
Happy to announce we reached an agreement to join the board of $AIG:
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Carl Icahn
10 years
Tim Cook again confirms $AAPL will launch new products in new categories (plural) this year. Wall Street apparently still not listening.
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Carl Icahn
10 years
Here’s our letter to @tim_cook re $AAPL: "Sale: Apple Shares at Half Price" http://t.co/1DOSdoRPOW
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Carl Icahn
5 years
I’ll be speaking with Neil Cavuto @TeamCavuto on @FoxBusiness today at 1pm ET.
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Carl Icahn
7 years
2/2 - It is extremely gratifying that the activist strategy continues to create value for ALL shareholders
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Carl Icahn
10 years
Believed $AAPL to be one of my “no-brainers”. Anyone that invested at that time would be up 53% (including dividends)
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