Carl Icahn

In March Carl Icahn returned outside investors' money, saying he didn't want the responsibility through another downturn. Despite worries, his fund is up more than 20% this year, thanks in part to holdings in Biogen and a large stake in Motorola Mobility, which Google bought for about $12.5 billion in August. His publicly-traded holding company, Icahn Enterprises, invests in real estate, metals, rail cars and automotive companies. The chess player grew up middle class in Queens and eventually got a securities arbitrage gig at Dreyfus & Co. He made billions of dollars staging buyouts in 1980s.

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