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Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

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(contemplative piano music
playing) This is Carl, Carl Icahn on

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Duration
8 seconds
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91
Timestamp in Movie
00:17:20
Uploaded
Apr 30, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography
Production
HBO Documentary Films,Atlas Media Corp.

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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.
He, his job in his mind was to make himself a lot of money - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:07
He, his job in his mind was to make himself a lot of money
And at the expense of the company enriched himself. - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:04
And at the expense of the company enriched himself.
The idea that some management teams - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:19
The idea that some management teams
This is one of-- the most reprehensible thing - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:06
This is one of-- the most reprehensible thing
But to some degree he's been vindicated that, - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:07
But to some degree he's been vindicated that,
He's helped stockholders an awful lot, - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:09
He's helped stockholders an awful lot,
So this is not just hoity-toity big-time investors. - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:05
So this is not just hoity-toity big-time investors.
The downside of that is to say, yeah, but what about - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:07
The downside of that is to say, yeah, but what about
Carl and guys like him, I think the core criticism would be that - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:09
Carl and guys like him, I think the core criticism would be ...
Part of my values is to make money and I can't change my values. - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:04
Part of my values is to make money and I can't change m...
But what makes me fulfilled about it is - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:09
But what makes me fulfilled about it is
Sorkin: We've been having a debate, it's an open debate, - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:13
Sorkin: We've been having a debate, it's an open d...
And on certain days, I've come out on the side - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:08
And on certain days, I've come out on the side
And on certain days, I have called him a vulture, - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:05
And on certain days, I have called him a vulture,
What I like about Carl is he's game for the debate, - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:06
What I like about Carl is he's game for the debate,
Carl: Companies are the backbone of our society, - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:06
Carl: Companies are the backbone of our society,
When you can change that, - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:07
When you can change that,
But we bring in the innovation, - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:09
But we bring in the innovation,
At the end of the day, - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:11
At the end of the day,
Carl: So everybody says, "Well, that's great, - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:09
Carl: So everybody says, "Well, that's great,