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Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

Frankly, I made this moneybecause the system is so bad, not 'cause I'm a genius

Frankly, I made this money
because the system is so bad, not 'cause I'm a genius

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Frankly, I made this money because the system is so bad,
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not 'cause I'm a genius.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
122
Timestamp in Movie
00:20:48
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.
(marching band plays) - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:36
(marching band plays)
Stevens: Bella Icahn was the school teacher - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:08
Stevens: Bella Icahn was the school teacher
Carl's father was a cantor, - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:14
Carl's father was a cantor,
She wanted him to go to medical school, - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:05
She wanted him to go to medical school,
I mean, you know, his parents would brag about him in public - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:06
I mean, you know, his parents would brag about him in public
I was never really happy in that whole environment. - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:05
I was never really happy in that whole environment.
I took the college boards, - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:25
I took the college boards,
I wanted Princeton. - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:10
I wanted Princeton.
My father said, "Son, we're not gonna go back on our word. - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:19
My father said, "Son, we're not gonna go back on o...
So, somehow I wheedled myself a job - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:37
So, somehow I wheedled myself a job
I said, "Hey, I'm smarter than these guys." - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:40
I said, "Hey, I'm smarter than these guys."
Gail: I can tell you the first moment I fell in love with Carl, - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:35
Gail: I can tell you the first moment I fell in love with Ca...
You know, you hit those goddamn little poopy shots at me, - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:07
You know, you hit those goddamn little poopy shots at me,
You know, that's, you know, in some cases that's by design. - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:04
You know, that's, you know, in some cases that's b...
There are times I play with you when I deliberately hit it soft. - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:04
There are times I play with you when I deliberately hit it s...
You actually, you actually really did okay yesterday, - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:08
You actually, you actually really did okay yesterday,
Gail: We started living together in '92, - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:10
Gail: We started living together in '92,
Gail: But I have known him since '78. - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:16
Gail: But I have known him since '78.
I'm not gonna lie on camera, so you can just go ahead - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:05
I'm not gonna lie on camera, so you can just go ahead
But anyways, the pile of stuff on his desk was incredible. - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:05
But anyways, the pile of stuff on his desk was incredible.