Billionaire investor Carl Icahn gained his reputation as a hard-nosed corporate raider in the 1980s. He was known for engaging in hostile takeovers of companies using leverage buyouts (LBOs ...

Carl Icahn’s had a pretty bad few years. His record, “unblemished” for a half-century, suddenly has a $2 million stain on it, and that’s hardly the only money he’s lost recently ...

Billionaire activist-investor Carl Icahn gives an interview on FOX Business Network's Neil Cavuto show in New York, U.S. on February 11, 2014. Brendan McDermid/Reuters/File ...

Stock Market Value: $5.8B ($27.36 per share) Ownership: 1.15% Average Cost: n/a Activist Commentary: Carl Icahn is the grandfather of shareholder activism and a true pioneer of the strategy.