Editing Carl Icahn (section)

==Early life and education==
Icahn was born on February 16, 1936, in [[Brooklyn|Brooklyn, New York]], to an [[Ashkenazi Jewish]] family.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 7, 2010 |title=The world's 50 Richest Jews: 11–20 |url=https://www.jpost.com/Jewish-World/Jewish-Features/The-worlds-50-Richest-Jews-11-20 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615055800/http://www.jpost.com/Jewish-World/Jewish-Features/The-worlds-50-Richest-Jews-11-20 |archive-date=June 15, 2013 |website=[[The Jerusalem Post]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Berrin |first=Danielle |date=March 19, 2010 |title=Jewish billionaire Carl Icahn wants to buy all of Lionsgate |work=[[The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles]] |url=https://jewishjournal.com/uncategorized/77696/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120130231948/http://www.jewishjournal.com/hollywoodjew/item/jewish_billionaire_carl_icahn_wants_to_buy_all_of_lionsgate_20100319/ |archive-date=January 30, 2012}}</ref> He was raised in the [[Far Rockaway, Queens|Far Rockaway]] neighborhood of [[Queens]] in New York City, where he attended [[Far Rockaway High School]].<ref name="About">{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://carlicahn.com/about/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161226135711/http://carlicahn.com/about/ |archive-date=December 26, 2016}}</ref> His father, Michael Icahn,<ref name="NYShort">{{Cite magazine |last=Auletta |first=Ken|author-link=Ken Auletta |date=March 12, 2006 |title=The Raid – How Carl Icahn came up short. |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2006/03/20/the-raid |url-status=live |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007034126/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2006/03/20/the-raid |archive-date=October 7, 2018}}</ref> a "sworn atheist",<ref name=raid/><ref>{{Cite news |date=December 22, 2016 |title=One More Jewish Billionaire Can't Hurt: Carl Icahn Trump's Next Regulations Czar |work=[[The Jewish Press]] |url=https://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/one-more-jewish-billionaire-cant-hurt-carl-icahn-trumps-next-regulations-czar/2016/12/22/}}</ref> was a [[Cantor in Reform Judaism|cantor]], and later a substitute teacher. His mother, Bella (née Schnall) also worked as a schoolteacher.<ref name=NYShort/><ref>{{Cite news |last=Gopinath |first=Deepak |date=March 23, 2006 |title=Icahn Gambles on Golf Resort, Casinos, Sausage Casing Makers |work=[[Bloomberg News]] |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2006-03-23/icahn-gambles-on-golf-resort-casinos-sausage-casing-makers |url-access=subscription}}</ref>

Icahn graduated from [[Princeton University]] in 1957 with an [[Bachelor of Arts|A.B.]] in [[philosophy]] after completing a senior thesis titled "The Problem of Formulating an Adequate Explication of the Empiricist Criterion of Meaning."<ref>{{Cite thesis |last=Icahn |first=Carl Celian |title=The Problem of Formulating an Adequate Explication of the Empiricist Criterion of Meaning |date=1957 |url=https://dataspace.princeton.edu/handle/88435/dsp015d86p129h |archive-date=June 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200618190809/https://dataspace.princeton.edu/jspui/handle/88435/dsp015d86p129h |url-status=live}}</ref> He entered [[New York University School of Medicine]], but dropped out after two years to join the [[United States Army Reserve|Army Reserve]].<ref name="bio">{{Cite web |title=Carl C. Icahn Biography |date=June 11, 2023 |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Carl-C-Icahn |publisher=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Wile |first1=Rob |last2=Lopez |first2=Linette |date=January 26, 2013 |title=The Fabulous Life Of Carl Icahn – Investing King And Bill Ackman's Nemesis |work=[[Business Insider]] |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/carl-icahn-biography-bill-ackman-rival-herbalife-2013-1}}</ref>