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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Icahn Enterprises L.P. Sets Record Date for Previously Announced Rights Offering
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Commercial Metals Company (CMC) Encourages Stockholders Reject Carl Icahn's Tender Offer
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Commercial Metals Company's Board Recommends Stockholders Reject Carl Icahn's Tender Offer and Not Tender Their Shares
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Commercial Metals Company Announces Guidance for First Quarter 2012 Earnings
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Barclays Maintains an 'Equalweight' on WebMD Health (WBMD); Sale Speculation Intensifies
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Form S-3/A ICAHN ENTERPRISES L.P.
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WebMD (WBMD) Trades Strong as 4 PE Firms Showing Interest
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Oshkosh Corporation Files Definitive Proxy Materials Including Letter to Shareholders
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Form S-3/A ICAHN ENTERPRISES L.P.
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Commercial Metals (CMC) Board to Review Unsolicited Offer from Carl Icahn
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Commercial Metals Company's Board of Directors to Review Unsolicited Tender Offer From Carl Icahn
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Icahn Enterprises Holdings LP Launches Tender Offer for All of the Outstanding Shares of Commercial Metals Company at $15 Per Share
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Icahn Amends 13D's for Navistar (NAV), Oshkosh (OSK) to Show Comments He Sees Synergies Between Two, Would Support Merger
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Form SC 13D/A NAVISTAR INTERNATIONAL Filed by: ICAHN CARL C
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Form SC 13D/A OSHKOSH CORP Filed by: ICAHN CARL C
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Icahn Goes Right to Commercial Metal (CMC) Shareholders with $15/Share Tender Offer
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Icahn Enterprises Holdings LP to Make Tender Offer for All of the Outstanding Shares of Commercial Metals Company at $15 Per Share
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Form SC 13D/A COMMERCIAL METALS CO Filed by: ICAHN CARL C
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Standpoint Research Downgrades Oshkosh (OSK) to Hold; Valuation Call
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Commercial Metals (CMC) Rejects Icahn's $15/Share Offer, Calls It 'Opportunistic'
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Commercial Metals Company Rejects Carl Icahn's Unsolicited Proposal
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Form SC 13D/A COMMERCIAL METALS CO Filed by: ICAHN CARL C
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Carl Icahn Issues Letter to Commercial Metals Company (CMC) Board
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Carl C. Icahn Issues Open Letter to Board of Directors of Commercial Metals Company
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Carl Icahn Lowers Stake in Clorox Co. (CLX) to 4.99%
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Form SC 13D/A CLOROX CO /DE/ Filed by: ICAHN CARL C
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Form 4 FEDERAL MOGUL CORP For: Nov 29 Filed by: ICAHN CARL C
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Form 8-K ICAHN ENTERPRISES L.P. For: Dec 01
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Icahn Enterprises (IEP) Announces $500M Rights Offering
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Icahn Enterprises L.P. Announces Rights Offering
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Icahn Enterprises (IEP) Files $500M Depositary Units Shelf
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Form S-3 ICAHN ENTERPRISES L.P.
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Form 4 Motorola Mobility Holdin For: Nov 28 Filed by: ICAHN CARL C
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Carl Icahn Lowers Stake in Clorox Co. (CLX) to 5.38%
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Form SC 13D/A CLOROX CO /DE/ Filed by: ICAHN CARL C
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Form SC 13D/A WebMD Health Corp. Filed by: ICAHN CARL C
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Icahn Says Not Aware of Any PE Talks for WebMD (WBMD); Urging Co. to Buy $1B in Shares with High End of Range at $36/Share
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TheStreet Says WebMD (WBMD) Might Be Considering Sale; Shares React
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Form 4 FEDERAL MOGUL CORP For: Nov 23 Filed by: ICAHN CARL C
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Commercial Metals (CMC) volatility elevated; shares rally on Icahn $15 bid
