people who went to tough schools in Queens

  • 27 Mar 2013 at 11:49 AM

Carl Icahn Just Wants To Reiterate That Bill Ackman Wouldn’t Want To Find Himself In Certain Parts Of Queens After Dark

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Not back in the day, when Icahn was running the Southeastern Queens chapter of the Jewish Crips and not today, as the elder hedge fund manager presumably maintains ties with the organization, whose members stay current on his various investing nemeses and won’t hesitate to fuck someone up. Read more »

  • 28 Feb 2013 at 5:15 PM

Carl Icahn Not Sure If He’s Mentioned How He Feels About Bill Ackman

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Bloomberg: Do you think he’s made a mistake on this one? Icahn: Well, if you look at his record lately, he has made a few very big mistakes. I am not going to say just this one. I am not here to question Ackman. I do not want to get pulled into that again…I look at it as a great opportunity. Ironically, I thank him for giving it to me. Does not mean I like him…I do not respect him. I do not like him. [BloombergTV, earlier]

  • 15 Feb 2013 at 3:25 PM

Carl Icahn Won’t Say That He Bought Herbalife Just To Spite Ackman But If You’re Going to Write That, Let’s Just Say He Isn’t Going to Call You Asking For a Correction

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“Look, I’m in this to make money. That’s what I do. The fact that it might hurt Ackman, I’m not going to run and cry and do penance. You might like to say that it’s the strawberry on top for me, that’s up to you.” [Barron's, related, earlier]