At the same time, Icahn Enterprises has outperformed the U.S. stock market over the same period.

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Shares of Icahn Enterprises rose by 2% on Tuesday and are now up 63% in 2013.

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The Icahn Enterprises 8.00% due January 15, 2018 (CUSIP: 451102AHO) offers a heck of a lot of yield.

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Vincent Intreri, director of Icahn Enterprises and many other companies, will hold the board membership on behalf of Icahn.

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Separately, shares of his Icahn Enterprises, which invests in rail cars, retail, gaming, and energy, surged at the start of 2013.

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Since 2000 Icahn Enterprises has had a total return of 840%.

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Icahn is a big investor in Netflix, owning a nearly 10% stake of the company through investment funds that belong both to him personally and to Icahn Enterprises, his publicly-traded partnership.

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Icahn Enterprises shares have soared by 73% this year.

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Mr. Meister was vice chairman of Icahn Enterprises G.

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The head of Icahn Enterprises has spent decades hunting for smug management teams, taking a stake in their companies, and then browbeating them into selling off assets, firing employees and whatever else it takes to jab a stock upward.

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