Carl Icahn
American businessman
Source: Wikidata — retrieved 10/11/2026 (wikidata)Dispute
Profile Summary
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Carl Icahn is an American businessman in the finance industry, born in 1936 and based in Florida. His estimated net worth is ~$17.4B. Wikidata
Business & SEC Activity
SEC EDGAR lists Carl C. Icahn with 734 insider filings and 1,000 total filings in its records. Recent filings include several Form 4s in 2025 and 2026; Form 4 reports changes in an insider's ownership of a company's securities, while Form 3 is an initial statement of beneficial ownership. SEC EDGAR
Philanthropy
The Carl C Icahn Foundation reported $140.0M in assets, $532,204 in grants paid, and $564,812 in expenses for tax year 2023. A 2019 filing for the foundation reported $25.2M in assets and $502,993 in grants paid; the reported filings together list $165.2M in assets and $1.04M in grants paid. ProPublica 990
Political Activity
The FEC's most recent 100 contribution records on file document at least 100 federal contributions totaling $1,376,576.48; these figures are only for the sampled records, not his full contribution history. The sample's party breakdown was $867,150 to Unknown, $478,326.48 to Republican, $30,100 to Democratic, and $1,000 to R. FEC Top recipients in the sample included American Leadership Action ($500,000), Trump Victory ($200,000), the National Republican Senatorial Committee ($91,700), the Republican National Committee ($61,900), and the National Republican Congressional Committee ($60,800). FEC
These donations are matched to this person by name only, so some may belong to a different person with the same name: FEC filings can include a donor's employer and city, but our matching does not check them against what we know about this person.
In the News
July 2026 news coverage reported that Icahn Enterprises agreed to sell Pep Boys to Mavis in a $700M deal. An August 2026 article also reported on earlier discussions involving a $34-per-share offer for Caesars. NewsAPI
U.S. Presence
Philanthropy
Foundations are matched to a person by name, not by trustee records — so a same-surname family foundation can land here in error. Every entity below links to its full IRS filing; if one doesn’t belong, tell us at hello@skylarkcreations.com and we’ll pull it.
Political Contributions
These figures cover the 100 most recent of 180 federal contributions on file, not the full record. The total, party split, top recipients and dates below are all computed over that sample, so each is a floor rather than a complete figure.
By Party (in the sample)
Every party in this sample is listed here. The bars are rounded for display; unrounded they total exactly $1,376,576.48.
Top Recipients (in the sample)
Matched by name only. These donations are matched to this person by name only, so some may belong to a different person with the same name: FEC filings can include a donor's employer and city, but our matching does not check them against what we know about this person.
SEC Filings
Associated Companies
Entities appearing alongside this person in SEC full-text search — an association, not necessarily ownership or control. Follow each link to the primary SEC record to judge for yourself.
Recent Insider Filings
Score Breakdown
The giving score is a weighted average of 2 components. The formula is open and versioned — the weight percentages below show how much each component contributes to the final score.
Evidenced charitable giving — built on what they actually give each year, not parked assets. Dominated by generosity (annual giving relative to net worth — the share of your fortune you give), plus the absolute scale of that giving, plus a small nudge for signing the Giving Pledge (a commitment, not a realized action).
Data: ProPublica 990 charitable disbursements, net worth, The Giving Pledge registry
How much sourced public record we hold about this person — net worth, SEC filings, foundation 990s, news coverage, Wikidata. It measures our coverage, not how open the person is. Each further kind of record scores higher, up to eight. Political donation records matched to a person by name alone are not counted: they may belong to someone else with the same name. From October 7, 2026, our own AI-written summary and the profile photo are not counted either — neither is a public record — so grades that leaned on them moved down that day.
Data: SEC EDGAR, ProPublica 990s, GDELT / NewsAPI, Wikidata
Formula (v2): Giving score = 65% x Philanthropy + 35% x Data coverage
Scored on 10/16/2026 on a 0–100 scale. The score uses only the signals we have populated data for. Goal Impact, Controversy, and Community Approval are deferred until that data exists — Phase 1 goal adoption, controversy detection, and community votes respectively.
All data is sourced from public records. Each section links to its original source. View on Wikidata