Icahn: The Restless Billionaire on Showmax
14 March 2024

Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

Nominated for Outstanding Business and Economic Documentary at the 2023 News & Documentary Emmy Awards,  Icahn: The Restless Billionaire explores the fascinating contradictions at the heart of the famed financier, Carl Icahn, who amassed close to $20 billion dollars over the last half century and was at the forefront of some of the most legendary business deals of our times.

Icahn, often referred to as the “Lone Wolf of Wall Street,” is a feared negotiator and master strategist in the art of corporate takeovers and investments. 

In his own words and with commentary from family members, journalists, and fellow titans of industry, the HBO documentary probes Icahn’s humble roots, his business acumen, and his obsessive drive to stay atop America’s corporate hierarchy.

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