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Carl Icahn

Risk 84

Businessman

89 years oldAmerican0 picksBorn February 16, 1936

The original "corporate raider" who's been making CEOs sweat since the Reagan administration, Carl Icahn built his fortune by buying into companies and loudly demanding they shape up or ship out. From TWA to Apple, the 89-year-old billionaire activist investor has left a trail of restructured boardrooms and rattled executives in his wake. His mere whisper of interest in a stock still sends traders scrambling—proof that even in his ninth decade, the old wolf hasn't lost his bite.

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Risk Score84/100 - Critical

About Carl Icahn

The original "corporate raider" who's been making CEOs sweat since the Reagan administration, Carl Icahn built his fortune by buying into companies and loudly demanding they shape up or ship out. From TWA to Apple, the 89-year-old billionaire activist investor has left a trail of restructured boardrooms and rattled executives in his wake. His mere whisper of interest in a stock still sends traders scrambling—proof that even in his ninth decade, the old wolf hasn't lost his bite.

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