Carl Icahn
American businessman
Source: Wikidata — retrieved 8/30/2026 (wikidata)
Profile Summary
Carl Icahn is an American businessman in finance, born in 1936, and based in Florida. He has an estimated net worth of ~$17.4 billion. Wikidata
Business & SEC Activity
SEC records identify Icahn as an individual filer and list 1,000 filings, including filings connected to SandRidge Energy, Xerox, Cadus, and other entities. The records include 734 insider filings. Forms 3 report an insider's initial ownership, while Forms 4 report subsequent changes in beneficial ownership; recent filings include both types. SEC EDGAR
Philanthropy
The Carl C Icahn Foundation reported $1,035,197 in grants paid across the 2019 and 2023 tax-year records, with combined assets of $165,235,142 in those filings. In 2023, the foundation reported $532,204 in grants paid and $140,013,372 in assets. Icahn is also listed as a signatory to The Giving Pledge. ProPublica 990 RTB
Political Activity
The available FEC data contains at least 100 federal contributions; the figures cover only the most recent 100 records in the sample, not Icahn's full giving history. Those sampled records total $1,376,576.48, including $478,326.48 categorized as Republican, $30,100 as Democratic, $1,000 as other party, and $867,150 as PAC or other; the largest listed recipients were American Leadership Action at $500,000 and Trump Victory at $200,000. FEC
In the News
Recent reports said Icahn offered $34 per share for Caesars Entertainment and that related talks had begun about a year earlier. Other reports said Icahn Enterprises agreed to sell Pep Boys to Mavis for $700 million, while a separate report described quarterly earnings that missed estimates. 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 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)
Top Recipients (in the sample)
Matched to this person by contributor name as filed with the FEC. Contributions filed under the same name by someone else can appear here; we do not yet corroborate against employer or state.
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 PBS 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 accountability data exists — net worth, political contributions, SEC filings, foundation 990s, news coverage, and a verified profile. More public disclosure scores higher.
Data: FEC, SEC EDGAR, ProPublica 990s, GDELT / NewsAPI, Wikidata
Formula (v2): PBS = 65% x Philanthropy + 35% x Transparency
Scored on 8/31/2026 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