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Could a Four-Year-Old Do What Carl Icahn Does?

Harvard Business Review

billion in 2013, making him the fifth highest-paid fund manager in the land. In 2012 it was $1.9 And now, just after passing the average life expectancy for an American male , he seems to be in the midst of the best run of his career. Icahn won that playground tussle. He’s been winning a lot of them lately. In 2009 it was $1.3

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Why Private Equity Still Makes Us a Little Queasy

Harvard Business Review

the management consultancy. Such plans frequently include giving managers financial incentives to do what they should have done before — concentrating on the most promising lines, selling off dud businesses, and "leaning down" operations, often including headcount. Vulture capitalism ," as Governor Perry has suggested?