Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Carl Celian Icahn (1936-) is an American billionaire financier. Icahn, raised in Queens, New York City, earned a reputation as a corporate raider after his hostile takeover of TWA in 1985. Icahn has also tried to take over Marvel Comics. However, he was thwarted by Superman, and the Thing, who accosted him in the parking lot as he exited his Oldsmobile. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.