Icahn Enterprises L.P. is an American conglomerate headquartered at Milton Tower in Sunny Isles Beach, Florida. The company has investments in various industries including energy, automotive, food packaging, metals, real estate and home fashion. The company is controlled by

Carl Icahn Carl Celian Icahn (; born February 16, 1936) is an American financier. He is the founder and controlling shareholder of Icahn Enterprises, a public company and diversified conglomerate holding company based in Sunny Isles Beach. Icahn takes l ...

, who owns 88% of it.

History

The company was incorporated on February 17, 1987. In 2006, the company sold the

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hotel in

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and several of the adjacent lots for $274.8 million to

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. In April 2007, the company sold its

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to an affiliate of

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, for $1.3 billion. In September 2007, American Real Estate Partners, another entity controlled by Icahn, merged with the firm and changed its name to Icahn Enterprises L.P. In 2008, the company acquired PSC Metals for $335 million. In February 2016, Icahn Enterprises purchased Trump Entertainment Resorts, which owned the

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. The company sold the casino to the owners of

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for $50 million in May 2017 - which represented a recuperation of just 4 cents on the dollar. Also in February 2016, the company acquired Pep Boys. In January 2017, the company acquired

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. In June 2017, the company acquired Precision Auto Care, a chain of over 250 vehicle repair shops. In August 2017, the company sold the property formerly known as the

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for $600 million. The company had acquired the property in 2010 for $148 million. In October 2017, the company acquired American Driveline Systems. The company had 89,034 employees as of 2017. In October 2020, Carl Icahn announced his son Brett would succeed him as chairman of Icahn Enterprises and CEO of its investment subsidiary Icahn Capital LP. In November 2020, Icahn Enterprises reported third quarter losses of $714 million, compared to a loss of $49 million the same quarter the previous year.

Investments

The company owns the following:2021-10-K https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001034563/000155837021002010/tmb-20201231x10k.htm * Pep Boys * CVR - petroleum refining and nitrogen fertilizer manufacturing *

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* PSC Metals * Ferrous Resources (77.2%) - owns mining rights in Brazil *

Viskase Viskase (formerly Visking) is a global corporation based out of Lombard, Illinois, United States that supplies plastic, cellulose, and fibrous film and packaging to the food service industry, including casings for processed meats such as hot dog ...

(74.6%) - produces cellulosic, fibrous and plastic casings for the processed meat and poultry industry. * Bayswater Development - a

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company operating in

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and

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- bed and bath fashion productions *

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- pharma

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