is the grandfather of shareholder activism and a true pioneer of the strategy. While he is not slowing down at all, he recently reached an agreement with his son, Brett Icahn, to rejoin the firm as the eventual successor. Brett hired three portfolio managers to help him look for the firm's next activist target and this is Icahn's first 13D filing since Brett rejoined the firm.
Since Icahn's filing, 13D shareholder Glenview Capital released a letter to the company welcoming Icahn as an active shareholder and releasing its own plan for the company - sell off stakes in or portions of its high-value, optimally-profiled assets at fair prices to raise equity and de-lever offering ownership in iconic assets to the many pools of capital who are chasing a scarce number of fairly-valued, quality growth alternatives.
This is an area where Icahn could certainly add value. The eye care business accounted for $3.7 billion of the company's $8.6 billion of revenue in 2019. Icahn will certainly want to make sure that shareholders get full value in the separation, which could mean a sale of the business instead of a separation.
Ken Squire is the founder and president of 13D Monitor, an institutional research service on shareholder activism, and the founder and portfolio manager of the 13D Activist Fund, a mutual fund that invests in a portfolio of activist 13D investments.
Boomer article after Boomer article
The corporate raider who never created any value will do so now, sure
If i remember this guy did some insider trading with help during Trump admin? why people trust this guy?