Carl Icahn
A comprehensive compilation of Carl Icahn's writings, articles, interviews, and talks.
PresentationsMarch 2008Guest Lecture by Carl Icahn - Yale ECON 252 (Shiller's Financial Markets)January 2013Carl Icahn vs. Bill Ackman - the Herbalife brawl (Fast Money Halftime Report)September 2013Icahn: Dell situation is 'corporate dictatorship'April 2014Carl Icahn: eBay, PayPal Should Still Be SeparatedOctober 2014Carl Icahn on Markets, Governance and Warren Buffett (Robin Hood Conference)November 2015DealBook Conference 2015 - Activist Investing (Icahn with Andrew Ross Sorkin)August 2016Carl Icahn Talks Trump, EPA Rules, Asset Markets and AIGSeptember 2016Carl Icahn: Delivering Alpha UnfilteredMarch 2017Carl Icahn on Investing, Markets and His LifeOctober 2018Watch CNBC's full interview with Icahn Enterprises' Carl Icahn (2018)August 2019Watch CNBC's full interview with Carl Icahn (Occidental campaign)April 2020Billionaire Carl Icahn on Investments, CMBX 6 Short, Oil BuySeptember 2021Carl Icahn 80s Interview by The MacNeilLehrer NewsHourOctober 2021Watch CNBC's full interview with Carl Icahn (2021)February 2022Full Interview: Carl Icahn on Fed Policy, Activist Investing and McDonald'sMarch 2022Watch CNBC's full interview with Carl Icahn (2022 recession warning)November 2022Carl Icahn Speaks About Inflation, Jerome Powell, And More At The Forbes Iconoclast SummitDecember 2022"We have a REAL PROBLEM with the markets..." // Carl Icahn InterviewMarch 2023Watch CNBC's full interview with Carl Icahn (2023 banking crisis / Illumina)December 2024Investing Titans: Carl Icahn's Most Powerful Interview (Must Watch)ArticlesJune 2008Corporate Democracy is a Myth (inaugural manifesto)June 2008About CEOs: Anti-Darwinian Metaphor - Survival of the UnfittestJune 2008Absurdity of the Poison PillJune 2008Absurdity of the Staggered BoardAugust 2008Response to WSJ Opinion Piece 'Why Carl Icahn Is Bad for Investors'September 2008Bailout Plan Must Include Corporate Governance ChangesJanuary 2009The Economy Needs Corporate Governance ReformJanuary 2009Director CaptureFebruary 2009Capitalism Should Return to Its RootsMarch 2009Voting by Brand: Next Stage in Shareowner Empowerment (United Shareholders of America)2011Carl Icahn — 2011 Ira Sohn closing keynote: pitched Icahn Enterprises (IEP)July 2011Open Letter to the Board of The Clorox Company (signed Carl C. Icahn)January 2012Open Letter to Fellow Oshkosh ShareholdersJune 2013Open Letter to Dell Stockholders (opposing the Silver Lake take-private)October 2013Poison Pills Erode Investor Rights and Hurt the EconomyOctober 2013Open Letter to Tim Cook (Apple $150B buyback proposal)February 2014Open Letter to eBay Stockholders (PayPal spin-off campaign)February 2014Our Letter to Apple ShareholdersMarch 2014A Watershed Moment for Stockholder ParticipationMarch 2014Open Letter to eBay Shareholders (PayPal separation; with Tweet)May 2014My Article from Barron's on Warren Buffett's Abstention on Coke's Executive-Pay PlanOctober 2014Sale: Apple Shares at Half Price (open letter to Tim Cook)January 2015Carl Icahn Letter to Gannet BoardMay 2015Carl Icahn Issues Open Letter to Tim Cook (Apple worth $240)September 2015Carl Icahn: Danger Ahead (high-yield bond / market-bubble warning video essay)October 2015Carl Icahn Letter to AIGOctober 2015Congress Must Act Now: Pfizer Leaving America and Many More to FollowDecember 2015How to Stop Turning U.S. Corporations Into Tax Exiles (op-ed, also on his site)January 2016Open Letter to AIG BoardAugust 2016Trump Is Right On About Our EconomyDecember 2017Open Letter to Xerox Shareholders (introducing the Fujifilm fight)May 2018Open Letter to Board of AmTrust FinancialMay 2018Open Letter to SandRidge Energy StockholdersAugust 2018Open Letter to Cigna Stockholders (Express Scripts deal)October 2018Carl C. Icahn Releases Open Letter to Stockholders of Dell's DVMT Tracking StockJuly 2019Open Letter to Occidental Petroleum Stockholders (Anadarko deal)December 2019Open Letter to HP Inc. Shareholders (HP/Xerox merger advocacy)October 2021Open Letter to Southwest Gas StockholdersMarch 2022Letter to Chairman and CEO of Kroger (animal welfare / gestation crates)April 2022Carl C. Icahn Files Definitive Proxy and Issues Open Letter to Shareholders of McDonald's (animal welfare)March 2023Open Letter to Shareholders of Illumina Inc. (GRAIL / proxy campaign)InterviewsJuly 2014CNBC's Scott Wapner interviews Carl Icahn and Bill Ackman - Delivering Alpha 2014July 2015CNBC's Scott Wapner interviews Carl Icahn and Larry Fink - Delivering Alpha 2015December 2015Episode 34 | Best of 2015 with Carl Icahn, Dick Grasso, Ken Langone Key Articles About Carl Icahn2015Carl Icahn, the Corporate Raider Who Wants to Save Corporate America — Rana Foroohar, Time2023Icahn Enterprises L.P.: Corporate Raider, Unmasked — Hindenburg Research, Hindenburg Research