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Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

Explores the fascinating contradictions at the heart of the famed financier, Carl Icahn. Amassing close to $20 billion dollars over the last half century and at the forefront of some of the most legendary business deals of our times.

Director

Bruce David Klein

Year

Genre

documentary, biography

Box Office

N/A

Production

HBO Documentary Films,Atlas Media Corp.

Awards

1 nomination

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Carl:
So he worked for me ten years. - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

Carl: So he worked for me ten years.

You know, I said,
"Okay, you can have like - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

You know, I said, "Okay, you can have like

No salary, no income,
no nothing." - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

No salary, no income, no nothing."

Reporter: Mr. Icahn owns
2.2 million shares. - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

Reporter: Mr. Icahn owns 2.2 million shares.

I think they made
around $2 billion
when all was said and done. - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

I think they made around $2 billion when all was said and do...

Foroohar: As I remember
the Netflix success, - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

Foroohar: As I remember the Netflix success,

I mean, we knew
this guy was back, - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

I mean, we knew this guy was back,

If I were the CEO of
a tech company at that stage, - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

If I were the CEO of a tech company at that stage,

(trance music playing) - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

(trance music playing)

Brett noticed that Apple
had immense amounts of cash - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

Brett noticed that Apple had immense amounts of cash

Reporter:
Apple is now sitting on
almost $150 billion in cash. - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

Reporter: Apple is now sitting on almost $150 billion in cas...

It was about, could Apple
buy back their own shares, - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

It was about, could Apple buy back their own shares,

When we pitched my father Apple, - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

When we pitched my father Apple,

For a guy like that,
to show him just
those basic fundamentals - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

For a guy like that, to show him just those basic fundamenta...

Carl:
When Twitter came out, - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

Carl: When Twitter came out,

And Michelle, she comes up
with great ideas. - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

And Michelle, she comes up with great ideas.

Foroohar: I remember
the tweet distinctly. - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

Foroohar: I remember the tweet distinctly.

Reporter:
Apple shares in focus - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

Reporter: Apple shares in focus

Sorkin:
The view on Wall Street is, - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

Sorkin: The view on Wall Street is,

People wanna
appease Carl Icahn. - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

People wanna appease Carl Icahn.

We very carefully
went over the menu, - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

We very carefully went over the menu,

For dessert, we had cookies
shaped in an apple shape - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

For dessert, we had cookies shaped in an apple shape

Brett: So on the night
of the dinner with Tim Cook, - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

Brett: So on the night of the dinner with Tim Cook,

Lombardo:
I think Carl expected to find - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

Lombardo: I think Carl expected to find

Reporter:
Apple said it had returned - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

Reporter: Apple said it had returned

I think he wanted
to do it himself, - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

I think he wanted to do it himself,

I think the board
came around to doing it. - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

I think the board came around to doing it.

Between Apple and Netflix, - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

Between Apple and Netflix,

But I think I was worthy
of the Icahn name before that. - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

But I think I was worthy of the Icahn name before that.

He got his own hundreds
of millions of dollars payday
at the end, - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

He got his own hundreds of millions of dollars payday at the...

Lombardo: There were
rumblings on Wall Street - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

Lombardo: There were rumblings on Wall Street

(engine puttering) - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

(engine puttering)

It's like, do you want
to spend your whole life - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

It's like, do you want to spend your whole life

I asked Carl, "Is it true
that Brett will be coming back?" - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

I asked Carl, "Is it true that Brett will be coming bac...

Jesse.
Oh, Jesse, poor Jesse. - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

Jesse. Oh, Jesse, poor Jesse.

(chuckles) - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

I think, you know,
Carl would readily admit, - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

I think, you know, Carl would readily admit,

I'm afraid? I won four races
and you only won one. - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

I'm afraid? I won four races and you only won one.

Big shot, listen, big shot.
I won one, you won two. - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

Big shot, listen, big shot. I won one, you won two.

I just don't know if I can
say the word officially. - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

I just don't know if I can say the word officially.

(contemplative music playing) - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

(contemplative music playing)

Gail: We had this house
in Miami for a long time - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

Gail: We had this house in Miami for a long time

It became clear that we
enjoyed it so much - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

It became clear that we enjoyed it so much

That's down 160, - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

That's down 160,

Gail: Thirty minutes that
it takes to get to the office, - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

Gail: Thirty minutes that it takes to get to the office,

He supported his wife's
activities in charter schools. - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

He supported his wife's activities in charter schools.

On the one hand, you got
all these generous rich people, - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

On the one hand, you got all these generous rich people,

(intense music playing) - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

(intense music playing)

The political narrative
right now is that - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

The political narrative right now is that

Carl:
The wealth gap between - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

Carl: The wealth gap between

Most CEOs are way overpaid.
That's not even a secret. - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

Most CEOs are way overpaid. That's not even a secret.

(elevator bell dings) - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

(elevator bell dings)

If you just do it
pro rata yourself, - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

If you just do it pro rata yourself,

Lombardo: Brett will come
to Carl with investment ideas. - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

Lombardo: Brett will come to Carl with investment ideas.

Cara:
So Carl got comfortable - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

Cara: So Carl got comfortable

-This is nice.
-Yeah. Very nice. - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

-This is nice. -Yeah. Very nice.

(Perry Como playing
"Catch a Falling Star") - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

(Perry Como playing "Catch a Falling Star")

-Las Vegas.
-I'm keeping-- - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

-Las Vegas. -I'm keeping--

(indistinct chatter) - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

(indistinct chatter)

Sorkin:
I think that Carl Icahn's had - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

Sorkin: I think that Carl Icahn's had

Sorkin:
...the way shareholders think. - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

Sorkin: ...the way shareholders think.

Foroohar:
I sometimes wonder
if peak Carl - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

Foroohar: I sometimes wonder if peak Carl

A guy who grew up with
not much, - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

A guy who grew up with not much,

So, one time they wanted
to build this terrace
behind my house. - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

So, one time they wanted to build this terrace behind my hou...

My grandfather lived upstairs,
see, so he said, - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

My grandfather lived upstairs, see, so he said,

So I'm in this gang
with those hoodlums, - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

So I'm in this gang with those hoodlums,

"Nobody will miss them because
we'll take three bricks here, - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

"Nobody will miss them because we'll take three br...

My grandfather's excited.
"This is great." - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

My grandfather's excited. "This is great."

That is wrong." - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

That is wrong."

They're not gonna miss 'em." - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

They're not gonna miss 'em."

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Explores the fascinating contradictions at the heart of the famed financier, Carl Icahn. Amassing close to $20 billion dollars over the last half century and at the forefront of some of the most legendary business deals of our times.

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Director: Bruce David Klein

Writer: Bruce David Klein

Production: HBO Documentary Films,Atlas Media Corp.

Genre: documentary, biography

Year: 2022

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.0

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 15 Feb 2022

Awards: 1 nomination

Homepage: https://www.hbo.com/movies/icahn-the-restless-billionaire