Carl C. Icahn
Director/Chairman of the Board
Industry: Automotive
Overview
Carl C. Icahn has served as Chairman of the Board of API since 1990. Mr. Icahn has served as chairman of the board and a director of Starfire Holding Corporation, a privately-held holding company, and chairman of the board and a director of various subsidiaries of Starfire, since 1984. Through his entities, CCI Onshore Corp. and CCI Offshore Corp., Mr. Icahn manages private investment funds, including Icahn Partners LP and Icahn Partners Master Fund LP. Since February 2005, Mr. Icahn has served as a director of CCI Onshore Corp. and CCI Offshore Corp., which are in the business of managing private investment funds, and, from September 2004 to February 2005, Mr. Icahn served as the sole member of their predecessors, CCI Onshore LLC and CCI Offshore LLC, respectively. Mr. Icahn was also chairman of the board and president of Icahn & Co., Inc., a registered broker-dealer and a member of the National Association of Securities Dealers, from 1968 to 2005. Since 1994, Mr. Icahn has been the principal beneficial stockholder of American Railcar, a publicly traded company that is primarily engaged in the business of manufacturing covered hopper and tank railcars, and has served as chairman of the board and as a director of American Railcar since 1994. From October 1998 through May 2004, Mr. Icahn was the president and a director of Stratosphere Corporation, which operates the Stratosphere Casino Hotel & Tower. Mr. Icahn has been chairman of the board and a director of XO Holdings, Inc. since February 2006 and was chairman of the board and a director of XO Communications, Inc. (XO Holdings' predecessor) from January 2003 to February 2006. XO Holdings, Inc. is a publicly traded telecommunications services provider that is majority owned by various entities controlled by Mr. Icahn. Mr. Icahn has served as a director of Cadus Corporation, a publicly traded company engaged in the ownership and licensing of yeast-based drug discovery technologies since July 1993. In May 2005, Mr. Icahn became a director of Blockbuster Inc., a publicly traded provider of in-home movie rental and game entertainment. In September 2006, Mr. Icahn became a director of ImClone Systems Incorporated, a publicly traded biopharmaceutical company, and since October 2006 has been the chairman of the board of ImClone Systems.Mr. Icahn has been licensed by the Nevada State Gaming Control Commission.
News from around the Web
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Jul 06, 2008Recent failures slow growth of Icahn's funds (Boston Globe)
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Jul 06, 2008Moguls Blogging For Egos (New York Post)
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Jul 05, 2008Icahn Says Yahoo CEO, Board Sabotaged Microsoft Acquisition Bid (Information Week)
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Jul 04, 2008Biz break: Apple could win from uniform European royalties, but musicians cry foul (San Jose Mercury News)
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Jul 04, 2008Motorola, Icahn Reach Agreement on Board (CIO Magazine)
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Jul 04, 2008Motorola adds to Icahn's recent stumble (Chicago Tribune)
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Jul 03, 2008Icahn takes majority stake in Federal Mogul (San Diego Union-Tribune)
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Jul 03, 2008Yahoo shares rise for second straight day (Asbury Park Press)
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Jul 03, 2008WCI gets note call (BizJournals)
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Jul 03, 2008
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