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Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

He was distinguished and polished

He was distinguished and polished

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He was distinguished
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and polished.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
38
Timestamp in Movie
00:37:12
Uploaded
Apr 29, 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 wanted to start his own firm, - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:08
He wanted to start his own firm,
Reporter: Uncle Elliot loaned Icahn $400,000 - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:10
Reporter: Uncle Elliot loaned Icahn $400,000
Reporter: Icahn began with options and arbitrage. - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:21
Reporter: Icahn began with options and arbitrage.
(crowd cheering) - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:04
(crowd cheering)
Bryan Burrough: In the early '80s, there were an awful lot - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:42
Bryan Burrough: In the early '80s, there were an awful ...
We're going to turn the bull loose. - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:17
We're going to turn the bull loose.
The chaos... it was like a financial disco. - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:05
The chaos... it was like a financial disco.
The old guard, it took 'em years and years, - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:07
The old guard, it took 'em years and years,
The 1980s was the reimagining of Wall Street. - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:06
The 1980s was the reimagining of Wall Street.
It was when there was these swashbuckling - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:08
It was when there was these swashbuckling
♪ How does it feel ♪ - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:11
♪ How does it feel ♪
He was the guy that reflected the '80s - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:09
He was the guy that reflected the '80s
Reporter 1: It all starts when a raider finds a company - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:15
Reporter 1: It all starts when a raider finds a company
And their goal is to raise the stock price - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:11
And their goal is to raise the stock price
Reporter: Icahn raids on some big names, - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:30
Reporter: Icahn raids on some big names,
I'll go in here and take a big position in the company, - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:05
I'll go in here and take a big position in the company,
Oliver Stone: When we started to do "Wall Street" in 1987, - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:09
Oliver Stone: When we started to do "Wall Street" ...
He gave us about an hour, and it was quite interesting - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:49
He gave us about an hour, and it was quite interesting
We almost have what I consider to be a corporate welfare state. - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:56
We almost have what I consider to be a corporate welfare sta...
So Gekko is half right and he's half wrong. - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:05
So Gekko is half right and he's half wrong.