For all of his high-profile successes, Carl C. Icahn says he feels misunderstood. “There’s a misperception out there that we bust up companies. Or that I believe that all people on boards are bad,” growls Icahn, the 74-year-old investor, as he sets a coffee cup on a small mahogany table in his office on the 47th floor of a Midtown Manhattan tower, to The New York Times. “It’s just that, in some cases, the C.E.O.’s are so wrong,” he grumbles, then quickly flashes a big smile and laughs at his own joke.
Icahn: From raider to activist
For all of his high-profile successes, Carl C. Icahn says he feels misunderstood. “There’s a misperception out there that we bust up companies. Or that I believe that all people on boards are bad,” growls Icahn, the 74-year-old investor, as he sets a coffee cup on a small mahogany table in his office on the [...]
March 22, 2010