The chief executives of Exxon Mobil Corp. XOM -2.65% and Chevron Corp spoke about combining the oil giants after the pandemic shook the world last year, according to people familiar with the talks, testing the waters for what could be one of the largest corporate mergers ever.
Carl Icahn Fast Facts
Personal
Birth place: Brooklyn, New York
Birth name: Carl Celian Icahn
Father: Michael Icahn, cantor and teacher
Mother: Bella (Schnall) Icahn, teacher
Marriages: Gail Golden (1999-present); Liba Trejbal (1979-1999, divorced)
Children: with Liba Trejbal: Michelle and Brett
Education: Princeton University, Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, 1957; Attended New York University Medical School, 1957-1960
Military Service: US Army
Did a brief stint in the Army after dropping out of medical school.
Was close to his uncle M. Elliot Schnall, who loaned him $400,000 to buy a seat on the New York Stock Exchange.
Has been sued and investigated numerous times for issues ranging from corporate debt payment to possible federal securities violations.