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Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

(trance music playing) Herbalife is officially the worst investment ever madeby Pershing...

(trance music playing) Herbalife is officially the worst investment ever made
by Pershing Square

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Herbalife is officially
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the worst investment ever made by Pershing Square.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
01:20:42
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.
Bill lost the majority of his investment in Herbalife. - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:05
Bill lost the majority of his investment in Herbalife.
And eventually Bill just threw in the towel, - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:07
And eventually Bill just threw in the towel,
We did have a vendetta, and I felt he had screwed me once, - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:08
We did have a vendetta, and I felt he had screwed me once,
But I certainly have no grudge, - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:11
But I certainly have no grudge,
And I think it was a classy thing to do. - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:04
And I think it was a classy thing to do.
But the winning, that's not the motivation for me. - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:05
But the winning, that's not the motivation for me.
Find something you know is gonna be good, - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire 00:13
Find something you know is gonna be good,
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...