Carl Icahn
Carl Icahn is a billionaire financier, ranking #18 on the 2007 Forbes 400 list with an estimated net worth of $14.5 billion.
Icahn built a name for himself in the 1980s as a corporate raider. After keeping quite for years, Icahn made a major comeback as a 'activist investor'. An activist investor agitates companies for changes, including buyouts, share buybacks, and dividend increases.
Icahn has successfully pushed for changes at Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) and Temple-Inland (NYSE: TIN), among others. Icahn won board seats at Motorola (NYSE: MOT) after first failing.
In 2007, Icahn's activism successfully pushed biotech company MedImmune into a sales agreement with AstraZeneca (NYSE: AZN). Icahn is also involved with biotech company Imclone Systems (Nasdaq: IMCL), where he is Chairman of the Board.
In early, 2008 Icahn activist target BEA Systems (Nasdaq: BEAS) was sold to Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL). Icahn held a 13% stake in BEA.
Icahn is also involved with developments at Biogen Idec (Nasdaq: BIIB) and WCI Communities (NYSE: WCI), which both unsuccessfully explored sales. WCI rejected a $22 per share takeover offer from Icahn in early 2007, only to see its stock plummet on the housing slowdown.
In 2008, Icahn targeted Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) after the Internet company failed to work out an acceptable merger agreement with Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) Microsoft walked away from its bid for Yahoo! after months of bickering.
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Form 4 Nuance Communications, For: May 17 Filed by: ICAHN CARL C
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Form 4 CVR Refining, LP For: May 20 Filed by: ICAHN CARL C
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Form SC 13D/A CVR Refining, LP Filed by: ICAHN CARL C
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Form 8-K ICAHN ENTERPRISES L.P. For: May 14
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CVR Refining Announces Closing Of Public Offering Of Common Units
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Dell (DELL) Special Committee Sends Letter to Icahn, Southeastern
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Dell Special Committee Sends Letter To Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management
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Icahn Wins Seat On Transocean Board
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Shareholders Overwhelmingly Approve Transocean's Dividend Proposal at 2013 Annual General Meeting
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Shareholders Overwhelmingly Approve Transocean's Dividend Proposal at 2013 Annual General Meeting
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Form SC 13D/A Transocean Ltd. Filed by: ICAHN CARL C
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Transocean (RIG) Shareholders Reject Icahn $4 Dividend Proposal
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Potential 'Rip' Today in Transocean (RIG), Trader has Eye on May $57.50 Calls
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Form 4 Nuance Communications, For: May 14 Filed by: ICAHN CARL C
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Carl Icahn's Q1 13F Reveals Little New
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Form 13F-HR ICAHN CARL C For: Mar 31
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CVR Refining Prices Public Offering at $30.75 per Common Unit
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Dell (DELL) holder Pzena backs Icahn's bid - CNBC
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CVR Refining Announces Launch of Public Offering of 12,000,000 Common Units Representing Limited Partner Interests
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Form 4 Nuance Communications, For: May 09 Filed by: ICAHN CARL C
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Icahn Sends List of Nominess to Dell (DELL) Board
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Form SC 13D/A DELL INC Filed by: ICAHN CARL C
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Form SC 13D/A Transocean Ltd. Filed by: ICAHN CARL C
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Icahn Sends Letter to Transocean (RIG) Holders; Urges Larger Dividend, New Directors
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Carl C. Icahn Issues Open Letter To Transocean Shareholders
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Despite Being Target of Activism, Transocean (RIG) Still a Sell - Analyst
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Dell (DELL) Sends Letter to Icahn, Southeastern Requesting More Info
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Dell Special Committee Requests Additional Information on Proposal From Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management
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Dell (DELL) Special Committee Comments on Icahn, Southeastern Proposal
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Dell Special Committee Issues Statement on Proposal from Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management
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Chanos Wrong on Dell (DELL) - Icahn
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Icahn, Southeastern Propose Alternative Dell (DELL) Deal
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Form SC 13D DELL INC Filed by: ICAHN CARL C
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