| Carl Icahn  AKA Carl Celian Icahn
Born: 16-Feb-1936
Birthplace: Queens, NY
Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Business Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Billionaire took over TWA Net worth $13B (Forbes 2007). Took over TWA and held it until 1993. He is also the owner of lowestfares.com, which has a deal with TWA (much to that company's displeasure) enabling him to acquire tickets at extremely low prices, offering them to the public at a level far below TWA itself. Wife: (two children)
University: BA Philosophy, Princeton University (1957)
Medical School: New York University (no degree)
Icahn & Co, Inc. Chairman and President (1968-2005)
TWA Hostile takeover (1985), owner (1985-93)
Texaco Forced it into bankruptcy (1987)
Anchor Hocking Major shareholder/raider
American Can Major shareholder/raider
Federal-Mogul Major shareholder/raider (2008)
Member of the Board of American Property Investors, Inc. (as Chairman 1990-)
Member of the Board of American Railcar Industries (as Chairman 1994-)
Member of the Board of Blockbuster Video (2005-)
Member of the Board of Federal-Mogul (2007-, as Chairman, 2008-)
Member of the Board of Icahn Enterprises LP (as Chairman)
Member of the Board of ImClone (2006-)
Member of the Board of Marvel Comics (as Chairman)
Member of the Board of Tappan
Member of the Board of WCI Communities (2007-)
Member of the Board of XO Communications (as Chairman, 2006-)
Bill Bradley for President
Bush-Cheney '04
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Elizabeth Dole for President
Friends of Hillary
John Kerry for President
John McCain 2008
Kerry Victory 2004
New Leadership for America PAC
Rudy Giuliani Presidential Committee
Wedding: Donald Trump and Marla Maples (1993)
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