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- 1 2 3 Betty Jin, Brett Icahn On The Possibility He Might Soon Take Over His Dad's Company: Nepotism Doesn't Exist At Icahn, Business Insider, July 12, 2010
- 1 2 3 Sam Jones, Dan McCrum, Icahn’s son hones skills with $3bn fund, The Financial Times , August 14, 2012
- 1 2 3 4 Janet Morrissey, The Raider in Winter: Carl Icahn at 75, The New York Times , April 16, 2011
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- ↑ Courtney Comstock, 31-Year Old Brett Icahn's Hedge Fund Returned 50% Last Year, Business Insider , April 19, 2011
- ↑ "Bausch + Lomb (BLCO) Announces Brett Icahn and Gary Hu Have Been Appointed to its Board of Directors". www.streetinsider.com. Retrieved 2022-06-25.
- ↑ "Bausch Health Announces Agreement With Carl C. Icahn". ir.bauschhealth.com. Retrieved 2022-06-25.
- ↑ Worden, Nat (July 10, 2010). "Brett Icahn Takes High-Profile Role in Lions Gate Negotiations". Wall Street Journal.