What is Carl Icahn?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Carl Icahn |office = Special Advisor to the President on Regulatory Reform |image =Carl Icahn, 1980s.jpg |predecessor = Position established |president = [[Donald Trump]] |successor = ''Vacant'' |signature = Carl Icahn signature.png |birth_name = Carl Celian Icahn |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1936|2|16}} |birth_place = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], [[United States|U.S.]] |death_date = |death_place = |spouse = {{marriage|Liba Trejbal|()=small|1979|1999}}<br>{{marriage|Gail Golden|()=small|1999}} |children = 2 (notably [[Brett Icahn|Brett]]) | alma_mater = [[Princeton University]]<br>[[New York University]] |occupation = Founder of [[Icahn Enterprises]]<br>Chairman of [[Federal-Mogul]] |website = {{url|ielp.com|Business website}}<br>{{url|carlicahn.com|Personal website}} |term_start = January 20, 2017 |term_end = August 18, 2017 }} '''Carl Celian Icahn''' (born February 16, 1936) is an American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. He is described as an activist investor.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Farrell|first=Maureen|date=2024-09-04|title=Wall Street Is Worried About Carl Icahn|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/06/business/carl-icahn-investors-wall-street.html|website=The New York Times}}</ref> This means he uses his investment to change how a company runs its business.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Antioco|first=John|date=2011-04-01|title=How I Did It: Blockbuster’s Former CEO on Sparring with an Activist Shareholder|work=Harvard Business Review|url=https://hbr.org/2011/04/how-i-did-it-blockbusters-former-ceo-on-sparring-with-an-activist-shareholder|access-date=2024-10-06|issn=0017-8012}}</ref> He is the founder and majority shareholder of [[Icahn Enterprises]], a [[holding company]] based in [[New York City]] that invests in lots of different companies and industries. Icahn is also Chairman of [[Federal-Mogul]], an American developer of vehicle safety products. ==Early life== Icahn was born in a [[Jewish]] fa