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Carl Icahn: The Problem With Corporate America Is That It's Full Of Fraternity Presidents

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Nice guys, but not too bright, according to Carl, who was addressing a bunch of Yale students via Webcam. He also talks about how he "made a few bucks playin' pokah," Princeton being a better school than Yale (but Yale still being "pretty good"), and the model and car he used to ride just after getting out of school. He seems to have some difficulty with the technology (he can't hear all the questions in the Q&A and leans in very close and starts shouting at the screen at one point), and at times you think he's going to tell the kids to take five so he can catch a few winks but there's something mesmerizing about the whole thing (probably the accent) and I really just want him to be my grandfather.

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