Carl Icahn
Founder, Icahn Capital Management
$6.1B
as of 10/04/24
About Carl Icahn
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.
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United States of AmericaSource of wealth
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Indian Creek, FloridaMarital status
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02/16/36 (age 88)Number of children
2Education
Drop Out, New York University; Bachelor of Arts/Science, Princeton UniversitySelf-made
self-madeCarl Icahn’s fortune is worth
102K
troy ounces of gold
94K
median U.S. household
61K
median U.S. income
0.122%
U.S. credit card volume
0.024%
GDP of the United States
0.018%
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Icahn was pushed by his mother to go to med school, but dropped out because he hated it.
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