Brett Icahn (born August 19, 1979) is an American businessman, investor, and philanthropist.

Early life

His father is billionaire investor

Carl Icahn Carl Celian Icahn (; born February 16, 1936) is an American businessman and investor. He is the founder and controlling shareholder of Icahn Enterprises, a public company and diversified conglomerate holding company based in Sunny Isles Beach, ...

(born 1936), majority shareholder of

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, and his mother is Liba Trejbal, a former ballerina from Czechoslovakia.Miles Weiss
Carl Icahn Hands Son Brett $3 Billion to Prove His Mettle
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'', August 13, 2012Betty Jin
Brett Icahn On The Possibility He Might Soon Take Over His Dad's Company: Nepotism Doesn't Exist At Icahn
''Business Insider'', July 12, 2010Sam Jones, Dan McCrum

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'', August 14, 2012 He graduated from

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.Janet Morrissey
The Raider in Winter: Carl Icahn at 75
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Career

Icahn interned at

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. Shortly after, he directed art films. In 2001, he founded Myelin Media. He joined his father's company, Icahn Enterprises, in 2002. Since June 2004, he has been an investment analyst for Icahn Partners LP, Icahn Master, Icahn Master II and Icahn Master III and Icahn Partners Master Fund LP. He co-manages a hedge fund with David Schechter, which includes the Sargon portfolio from his father's company. Icahn and Schechter have invested heavily in

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shares. In 2011, his hedge fund had a return of 50 percent.Courtney Comstock
31-Year Old Brett Icahn's Hedge Fund Returned 50% Last Year
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'', April 19, 2011 He is Vice President of Modal LLC. He was on the Board of Directors of American Railcar Industries since January 16, 2007, the

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since July 2010, the Cadus Corporation since July 1, 2010, Motricity since January, 2010,

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since March 2021 and Bausch + Lomb Corporation since June 2022. He also serves on the board of

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. Icahn played an instrumental role in his father's company's attempted takeover of

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Personal life

Icahn resides on Long Island, New York. In 2012, his father gave him management responsibility for US$3 billion.

References

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