Carl Icahn is a financier, equity investor and a corporate rider. Carl Icahn was born in 1936 in New York City. Icahn’s net worth in 2009 was $9 billion. Carl Icahn founded the Icahn & Co. in 1978 for the main purpose of trading options and arbitrating risk. Icahn has a significant stake in companies like Texaco, Western Union, Fairmont Hotels, and Time Warner among others. Icahn’s net worth in 2009 was $9 billion.