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Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

Find something you knowis gonna be good, and the oddsare greatly in your favor. Winning,...

Find something you know
is gonna be good, and the odds
are greatly in your favor. Winning, it's almost... a bit of a letdown, actually

Full Transcript

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Find something you know is gonna be good,
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and the odds are greatly in your favor.
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Winning, it's almost...
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a bit of a letdown, actually.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
01:21:41
Uploaded
Apr 29, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography
Production
HBO Documentary Films,Atlas Media Corp.

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Movie Summary

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.
You know, you did it all. Now it worked. - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:11
You know, you did it all. Now it worked.
Sorkin: Carl wasn't typically interested in tech companies - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:17
Sorkin: Carl wasn't typically interested in tech compan...
Brett Icahn: I started working for my father as an analyst - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:08
Brett Icahn: I started working for my father as an analyst
I sort of had a privileged "in," - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:06
I sort of had a privileged "in,"
But I had, you know, I had learned quite a bit - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:15
But I had, you know, I had learned quite a bit
But he's one of the most obsessive characters, - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:10
But he's one of the most obsessive characters,
He is definitely more risk averse. - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:21
He is definitely more risk averse.
Foroohar: Carl, I think, is very proud of Brett. - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:13
Foroohar: Carl, I think, is very proud of Brett.
Carl: So he worked for me ten years. - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:15
Carl: So he worked for me ten years.
You know, I said, "Okay, you can have like - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:10
You know, I said, "Okay, you can have like
No salary, no income, no nothing." - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:05
No salary, no income, no nothing."
Reporter: Mr. Icahn owns 2.2 million shares. - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:18
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 00:04
I think they made around $2 billion when all was said and do...
Foroohar: As I remember the Netflix success, - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:08
Foroohar: As I remember the Netflix success,
I mean, we knew this guy was back, - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:05
I mean, we knew this guy was back,
If I were the CEO of a tech company at that stage, - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:08
If I were the CEO of a tech company at that stage,
(trance music playing) - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:14
(trance music playing)
Brett noticed that Apple had immense amounts of cash - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:10
Brett noticed that Apple had immense amounts of cash
Reporter: Apple is now sitting on almost $150 billion in cash. - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:09
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 00:12
It was about, could Apple buy back their own shares,