Kubva mundima yacho ona makore akaitika zviitiko zvikuru mubhizimisi raIcahn. Ratidzai migumisiro iri mumhando yakaparadzaniswa nekoma.
Context:Muna 1961, Icahn akatanga basa rake semutengesi wemari yeDreyfus Corporation. Muna 1963, akava maneja wezvisarudzo zveTessel, Patrick & Co. uye akabva aenda kuGruntal & Co.  Muna 1968, ne $150,000 yemari yake uye $400,000 yekudyara kubva kuna babamunini vake, M. Elliot Schnall, Icahn akatenga chigaro paNew York Stock Exchange ndokuumba Icahn & Co., iyo yakanangana nekutengeserana kwenjodzi uye kutengesa sarudzo.  Muna 1978, mukuedza kwake kwokutanga kutora, akatora chikamu chinodzora muTappan uye akamanikidza kutengeswa kwekambani kuElectrolux, achiita purofiti yemamiriyoni 2,7 emadhora, kana kuti kudzokorora mari yake. Muna 1979, akawana Bayswater Realty & Capital Corporation. Muna 1983, akawana ACF Industries uye muna 1985 akatengesa zvikamu izvi kuPhillips Petroleum, achiwana $ 50 mamiriyoni emadhora.  Muna 1985, nokubatanidza mari yake nemari yevatengesi uye mari yakakweretwa kubva kumabhangi, Icahn akawana 50% yeTrans World Airlines, uye akawana zvakakwana kambani mukutenga kunobatsira muna 1988. Icahn akaronga kutengesa zvinhu zveTWA kuti abhadhare mari yaakakwereta, iyo yakatsanangurwa se "kusunungura zvinhu" uye yakamuita kuti azivikanwe se "murwi wemakambani". Muna 1991, akatengesa nzira dzeTWA dzokuLondon kuAmerican Airlines nokuda kwe$445 miriyoni. Icahn akaita purofiti yemamiriyoni $469, uye akasiya TWA aine chikwereti chemamiriyoni $540 Akaumba lowestfare.com kutengesa matikiti eTWA uye akawana zvikamu zveGlobal Leisure Travel kubva kuna Ramy El-Batrawi.  Muna October 1986, Icahn akabudirira $8 bhiriyoni yekutenga kusingabatsiri kwe89% yeU.S. Steel; bhidha rakadonhedzwa muna January 1987. Muna 1991, akatengesa mugove wake mukambani yacho nokuda kwe$1 bhiriyoni, achiwana purofiti yemamiriyoni $200.
1961, 1963,1968, 1978, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1987, 1991 Kuchinja kwevanhu kwakasiyana-siyana