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FinanceCarl Icahn calls short-seller report ‘misleading’ as his firm halves dividend—and his wealth falls another $2.7 billion
By Devon Pendleton and BloombergAugust 4, 2023
Mid adult businesswoman looking at colleague during meeting in board room in office
NewslettersBoards have ‘a cultural distaste for confronting the CEO,’ says a Columbia Business School professor. Here’s why that’s a problem—and how they can get past it
By Lila MacLellanAugust 1, 2023
FinanceIllumina CEO Francis deSouza resigns after proxy battle with Carl Icahn
By Tiago Ramos Alfaro and BloombergJune 11, 2023
FinanceCarl Icahn bet on America to fail. Instead he lost $9 billion
By Tristan BoveMay 19, 2023
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FinanceAfter coming for Jack Dorsey and Adani, short-seller Hindenburg  goes after Carl Icahn and accuses him of a ‘Ponzi-like’ corporate setup
By Christiaan HetznerMay 2, 2023
LeadershipThe evolving role of the board of directors in a post-pandemic world
By Chris MorrisApril 4, 2023
A picture of Isaac Perlmutter
LeadershipMonths after backing an activist campaign against Bob Iger’s Disney, Marvel Entertainment chairman Ike Perlmutter is out
By Prarthana PrakashMarch 29, 2023
TechSalesforce has disbanded the board’s mergers and acquisitions committee, an abrupt sign that Marc Benioff’s string of multibillion-dollar deals is finished
By Kylie RobisonMarch 1, 2023
CommentaryActivists should sail away from their doomed attack on Benioff’s Salesforce
By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven TianMarch 1, 2023
LeadershipCan you make money following an activist investor into a stock? It depends
By Geoff ColvinFebruary 16, 2023
Activist shareholder Nelson Peltz, the founder partner and chief executive officer of Trian Fund Management.
NewslettersShareholder activism is on the rise—but more actions are failing due to their ‘lower quality’
By David Meyer and Alan MurrayFebruary 6, 2023
LeadershipHedge fund investor wrote Disney’s Bob Chapek a letter urging 5 key changes including cost cuts and board shake-ups. Disney responds with ‘Thanks, but no thanks’
By Chloe TaylorAugust 16, 2022
FinanceUnilever will cut 1,500 managers after activist investor Nelson Peltz takes stake
By Thomas Buckley and BloombergJanuary 25, 2022
EnergyAs breakup calls grow louder, Shell delivers an earnings dud
By Katherine DunnOctober 28, 2021
FinanceAl Gore teams with Goldman Sachs, Microsoft, and Harvard on a climate asset fund
By Katherine DunnOctober 27, 2021
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