Carl Celian Icahn is an American entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist. He is the founder, owner, and chairman of the American conglomerate ‘Icahn Enterprises’ that invests in diverse industries. He also serves as the chairman of the board of the American developer, manufacturer, and supplier of auto parts ‘Federal-Mogul,’ which operates two business divisions, ‘Federal-Mogul Motorparts’ and ‘Federal-Mogul Powertrain.’ He began his career as a stockbroker and with time, emerged as a ‘Wall Street’ titan, trading in stocks. He earned the reputation of being a “corporate raider” in the 1980s, following a series of takeovers. He garnered considerable equity shares in companies such as ‘Phillips Petroleum,’ ‘Dan River,’ ‘Marshall Field’s,’ ‘BFGoodrich,’ and ‘Hammermill Paper.’ He also acquired famous American companies such as ‘Texaco’ and American airline ‘Trans World Airlines’ (TWA). He thrived to take over ‘TWA’ in 1985. ‘Icahn Enterprises’ was incorporated in 1987. Carl also started a hedge fund, ‘Icahn Partners,’ in 2004. He supported Donald Trump, with whom he had business connections, in the latter’s 2016 presidential race. He also served a stint in Trump’s government as ‘Special Advisor to the President’ on ‘Regulatory Reform.’ According to ‘Forbes’ magazine, as of February 2017, Icahn, who still holds stakes in major companies, such as ‘Apple’ and ‘Dell,’ is the fifth-wealthiest hedge-fund manager and the 26th-wealthiest person on ‘Forbes 400.’