6 billion USD making him the 26th wealthiest person on the Forbes 400, and the 5th wealthiest hedge fund manager as of February 2017
On January 30, 2016, Icahn donated $1 million for US veterans groups at a Des Moines, Iowa, fundraiser held by Donald Trump
In December 2015 Icahn made a qualifying offer to purchase the auto-parts and maintenance chain Pep Boys for $15
In October 2014, Icahn took a stake in Canadian energy company Talisman Energy
He also made large contributions to Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, of which he is a trustee, which in return not only named a building the Icahn Medical Institute designed by Davis Brody Bond, but also, in 2013, renamed the Mount Sinai School of Medicine as the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
In October 2012, Icahn purchased a 10% stake in Netflix
On March 15, 2011, Mentor's board issued a strong warning to its shareholders against a proxy action by Icahn
In 2010, Icahn joined the Giving Pledge list, pledging to give away more than half his fortune, yet has not decided on the specific beneficiaries
In April 2009, Icahn engaged in a proxy battle for Amylin
In September/October 2008 Icahn was involved in the rejected attempted purchase of Imclone by Bristol Myers Squibb and in the eventual sale of Imclone to Eli Lilly and Company in an all-cash deal valued at $6
Beginning in 2007, Icahn gradually increased his stake in biotechnology company Biogen
In 2006, he was honored with the 100 Women in Hedge Funds Effecting Change Award for his outstanding contributions to improving education
In 2005, XO Holding announced its intention to sell the wired part of its business for $700 million to its majority shareholder and chairman Icahn; the money would be used to pay back its debts and to buy back its preferred stock for about $600 million from Icahn
Having bred more than 140 stakes horses, in 2004 Icahn shut down Foxfield, selling all his mares and weanlings without reserve at the Keeneland Sales November breeding stock auction
He was also named Guardian Angel 2001 Man of the Year
In 1999, Icahn married his longtime assistant and former broker, Gail Golden
They separated in 1993 and divorced in 1999 after years of litigation during which Liba sought to invalidate a prenuptial agreement she had signed prior to their marriage, claiming duress as she was pregnant at the time
In 1992, Foxfield ended its racing operation and became a commercial breeder
In 1991, he sold TWA's London routes to American Airlines for $445 million
Icahn's Meadow Star won the 1990 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies and was voted the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Two-Year-Old Filly
" In 1988, Icahn took TWA private, gaining a personal profit of $469 million, and leaving TWA with a debt of $540 million
In 1985 Icahn established Foxfield Thoroughbreds, a horse breeding operation
In the 1980s Icahn developed a reputation as a "corporate raider" after profiting from the hostile takeover and asset stripping of the American airline TWA
In 1979, Icahn married Liba Trejbal, a ballerina from the former Czechoslovakia
In 1978, he began taking controlling positions in individual companies
Icahn began his career on Wall Street as a stockbroker in 1961; in 1968, he formed Icahn & Co
Carl graduated from Princeton University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy in 1957 and then entered New York University School of Medicine, but he dropped out after two years to join the army reserves
Carl Celian Icahn (born February 16, 1936) is an American businessman, investor, and philanthropist
