Endorsed Donald Trump for the 2016 Presidential election.
His mother Bella Schnall was a teacher.
Graduated from Far Rockaway High School.
Grew up at 789 Empire Ave in Far Rockaways, Queens, New York.
Attended New York University School of Medicine but dropped out after two years.
Graduated from Princeton University with a degree in philosophy. His thesis was titled "The Problem of Formulating an Adequate Explication of the Empiricist Criterion of Meaning".
His father Michael Icahn, a failed opera singer,, was a teacher at Manual Training High School and was a respected cantor at a local synagogue because he loved the music, even though he was an atheist.
Known on Wall Street as a corporate raider.
Is a hypochondriac.
His first job in finance was at the Wall St firm Dreyfus.