Carl Celian Icahn is an American financier and billionaire with a net worth of approximately $17 billion to $22 billion.
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He is the founder and controlling shareholder of Icahn Enterprises, a public company and diversified conglomerate holding company based in Sunny Isles Beach.
He was one of the first activist shareholders and is credited with making that investment strategy mainstream for hedge funds.
Carl was born on February 16, 1936 to parents Michael Icahn and Bella Icahn.
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Meet Michael Icahn And Bella Icahn
Carl’s parents belong to the Ashkenazi Jewish family, also known as Ashkenazic Jews or Ashkenazim, a Jewish diaspora population who coalesced in the Holy Roman Empire around the end of the first millennium CE.
The Ashkenazi Jewish family comprises of two groups;
The first are those whose ancestors lived in Central and Eastern Europe (e.g., Germany, Poland, Russia).
The other group is designated Sephardic Jews and includes those whose ancestors lived in North Africa, the Middle East, and Spain.
Michael Icahn
Michael Icahn, a “sworn atheist”, was a cantor (a person who leads people in singing or sometimes in prayer), and later a substitute teacher.
Bella Icahn
Bella Icahn was born Bella Schnall and she also worked as a schoolteacher.