Carl Icahn

I’m no robin hood, I enjoy making the money.

Carl Icahn

In 2008, people who invested in hedge funds needed capital badly, but many of the funds would not return their money. However, I gave money back to any investor who requested it. It was the bottom of the market and a pretty tough time.

Carl Icahn

My wife watches me like a hawk.

Carl Icahn

Too often it’s not the most creative guys or the smartest. Instead, it’s the ones who are best at playing politics and soft-soaping their bosses. Boards don’t like tough, abrasive guys.

Carl Icahn

We have bloated bureaucracies in Corporate America. The root of the problem is the absence of real corporate democracy.

Carl Icahn

We want these assets to be productive. We buy them. We own them. To say we care only about the short term is wrong. What I care about is seeing these assets in the best hands.

Carl Icahn

We’re not about liquidating companies, but if you do that, why is that terrible? We’re not blowing up the factories. The person who buys it should be able to make the asset more productive.

Carl Icahn

When you have no one to answer to, vendetta as investment strategy is as legitimate as anything.

Carl Icahn

With some exceptions, the wrong people are running U.S. companies. It’s been that way for years, and it hasn’t gotten much better.

Carl Icahn