# ![@TheIcahnist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::1661140531274031105.png) @TheIcahnist The Icahnist

Carl Icahn is making headlines again with his new target: Blackrock, Vanguard, and State Street, which he calls a "cartel" that controls too much of corporate America's votes, stifling activism and real capitalism. Meanwhile, his dynasty continues with Brett Icahn set to succeed him as chairman and lead the investment unit. Icahn recently revealed a big stake in Monro, an auto repair chain, and plans to cut fat, fix margins, and consolidate the industry.

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### Social Influence

**Social category influence**
[finance](/list/finance)  46.32% [financial services](/list/financial-services)  #1217 [stocks](/list/stocks)  8.09% [countries](/list/countries)  2.21% [technology brands](/list/technology-brands)  2.21% [vc firms](/list/vc-firms)  #349 [cryptocurrencies](/list/cryptocurrencies)  0.74% [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations)  0.74% [luxury brands](/list/luxury-brands)  0.74% [fashion brands](/list/fashion-brands)  0.74%

**Social topic influence**
[private equity](/topic/private-equity) #86, [in the](/topic/in-the) 8.09%, [playbook](/topic/playbook) #35, [business](/topic/business) 6.62%, [the world](/topic/the-world) 5.15%, [thoma bravo](/topic/thoma-bravo) #6, [ai](/topic/ai) 5.15%, [books](/topic/books) 4.41%, [gain](/topic/gain) 4.41%, [systems](/topic/systems) 3.68%

**Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by**
[@orlandobravotb](/creator/undefined) [@grok](/creator/undefined) [@ganeumann](/creator/undefined) [@joincolossus](/creator/undefined) [@allengilmer](/creator/undefined) [@jjperaltaa](/creator/undefined) [@illiquidinsight](/creator/undefined) [@aslthink](/creator/undefined) [@rgrimstreet](/creator/undefined) [@value_purist](/creator/undefined) [@teefaircloth](/creator/undefined) [@sakbanerjee22](/creator/undefined) [@rafaa1984](/creator/undefined) [@unaboobies](/creator/undefined) [@conspicuous_app](/creator/undefined) [@408_607](/creator/undefined) [@robleclerc](/creator/undefined) [@william_r2rclub](/creator/undefined) [@nexuscontent1](/creator/undefined) [@33conspiracy](/creator/undefined)

**Top assets mentioned**
[BlackRock Inc (BLK)](/topic/blackrock) [Lazard Ltd. Class A (LAZ)](/topic/$laz) [Bitcoin (BTC)](/topic/bitcoin) [Hertz Global Holdings, Inc Common Stock (HTZ)](/topic/hertz)
### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"Best Software Investors in the World Silver Lake Thoma Bravo Vista Equity Partners Francisco Partners HgCapital Constellation Software Trilogy / ESW Capital Who else would you add"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/1960848827726094702)  2025-08-27T23:36Z 35.9K followers, 55.6K engagements


"Napoleon on Mastering Fortune:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/2020190794179621028)  2026-02-07T17:39Z 35.9K followers, 31.7K engagements


"Private Equity Playbook: European Defence Electronics The highest-leverage defence bet in Europe is the tech layer underneath it. Defence electronics is becoming the new industrial infrastructure. Thread"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/2020610043985416435)  2026-02-08T21:25Z 35.9K followers, 23.7K engagements


"Napoleon proved that one obsessed slightly delusional mind can bend history. He won by refusing fair fights. He pinned enemies from the front then appeared out of nowhere on their flank or in their rear. This book is the ultimate red pill on power and strategy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/2021304854304473319)  2026-02-10T19:26Z 35.9K followers, 166.6K engagements


"Private markets are consolidating. Big alternative managers are buying smaller specialist firms. They want everything in one place: insurance credit real assets and secondaries. Funds are turning into giant capital platforms"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/2021614776678289570)  2026-02-11T15:58Z 35.9K followers, 64.9K engagements


"A gold billionaires career rule: chase high margins"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/2021768242461651368)  2026-02-12T02:08Z 35.9K followers, 47.8K engagements


"How a billionaire screens deals in [--] seconds A gold billionaires career rule: chase high margins. https://t.co/bv0Tl3hmZM A gold billionaires career rule: chase high margins. https://t.co/bv0Tl3hmZM"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/2021834353689436650)  2026-02-12T06:30Z 35.9K followers, [----] engagements


"The Hellhound of Wall Street: Cerberus Stephen Feinberg built a $65 billion empire by hunting distressed companies and ripping them apart. He named his firm after the three-headed hellhound guarding the gates of Hades. Heres how he mastered distressed investing👇"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1888399523052912711)  2025-02-09T01:28Z 35.9K followers, 89.3K engagements


"The [--] Billion Plumber Richard Harpin started with 50k and sold to Brookfield for 4.1B His formula: buy & build in boring fragmented markets The Playbook"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/1968283296493670434)  2025-09-17T11:58Z 35.9K followers, 36.2K engagements


"Forget gold forget Bitcoin. The next trillion-dollar market will be compute futures. $7.9 trillion in data center investment over [--] years. The Playbook"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/1972270899706621964)  2025-09-28T12:03Z 35.7K followers, 53.5K engagements


"Napoleons entire mindset in one line: Men of genius are meteors destined to be consumed in lighting up their century https://t.co/JfX8j3OuY8 Men of genius are meteors destined to be consumed in lighting up their century https://t.co/JfX8j3OuY8"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/1981164266725229023)  2025-10-23T01:02Z 35.6K followers, 58.5K engagements


"Family Office Books Blood makes a family. Structure makes a dynasty. The Rothschilds & Wallenbergs understood that early"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/2016187779563008223)  2026-01-27T16:33Z 35.6K followers, 56.2K engagements


"Average US founder in Switzerland after selling his SaaS startup for $107M You can identify all the greatest countries in the world by asking a simple question: "Is it cool to be rich there" Countries that celebrate success and still have strong safety nets: Singapore Denmark and Switzerland. Every country that has gotten the answer to this You can identify all the greatest countries in the world by asking a simple question: "Is it cool to be rich there" Countries that celebrate success and still have strong safety nets: Singapore Denmark and Switzerland. Every country that has gotten the"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/2016288114843476226)  2026-01-27T23:12Z 35.9K followers, 215.7K engagements


"Private Equity MDs in Gstaad"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/2016668786049364440)  2026-01-29T00:24Z 35.6K followers, 136.9K engagements


"Investment Banking Legend Felix Rohatyn spent [--] years at Lazard as Wall Streets fixer - Saved NYC from bankruptcy ($10B restructure) - Brokered the $25B RJR Nabisco LBO"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/2016679513644466504)  2026-01-29T01:07Z 35.6K followers, 17.6K engagements


"Bring back the era of stylish capitalists. The lost art of CEO aura. Private Equity MDs in Gstaad https://t.co/fuSi9t7QkZ Private Equity MDs in Gstaad https://t.co/fuSi9t7QkZ"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/2016869130930970845)  2026-01-29T13:40Z 35.9K followers, 302.5K engagements


"Lesson 2: A Small Profit Is Still A Profit The guys who are always chasing the home run are the guys who get wiped out. They swing too hard at pitches they shouldn't swing at. They take risks they can't afford to take. They compromise on safety because they're obsessed with maximizing returns. The reality is that consistent small wins compound into extraordinary wealth over decades. More important than that is that you stay alive in the game. The money actually comes from saying no to nine opportunities so you can say yes to one that matters"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/2016990914091069441)  2026-01-29T21:44Z 35.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Lazard paid five million for a dying car rental company. Three years later it was worth twenty million. In [----] Avis was losing to Hertz. Competitors looked at the revenue gap and assumed it was a capital problem. But the money wasn't the issue. The executives running Avis were mediocre. They didn't know the car rental business and couldn't execute. The business itself was fine. Travel was exploding. People needed cars. But Avis needed someone who could actually lead. Rohatyn created profit sharing so every mechanic and every reservation agent made money when the company made money. He fired"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/2016990917823996308)  2026-01-29T21:44Z 35.5K followers, [----] engagements


"The Essence of Value Investing: Routines and Orgies Peter Cundill turned $7M into $20B. The best biography you'll never read in public"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/2017793929526009879)  2026-02-01T02:55Z 35.9K followers, 133.6K engagements


"The Routine and the Orgy Be a monk in the office and a warrior in the wild. If your life is boring your returns will be too. 99% of investors fail because they cant handle the boredom of the routine. Cundill knew that to survive the Routine you must schedule the Orgy. The Essence of Value Investing: Routines and Orgies Peter Cundill turned $7M into $20B. The best biography you'll never read in public. https://t.co/aLmEwsZpff The Essence of Value Investing: Routines and Orgies Peter Cundill turned $7M into $20B. The best biography you'll never read in public. https://t.co/aLmEwsZpff"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/2017809912701567405)  2026-02-01T03:59Z 35.6K followers, 39K engagements


"Power of Private Equity & ESOPs KKR paid $175K to factory workers. Made 10x on garage doors"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/2018123602873217517)  2026-02-02T00:45Z 35.9K followers, 198.1K engagements


"The traditional VC model is broken at scale. VC Firms Are Becoming RIAs Venture Capital is dead. Long live Private Equity. Lightspeed. Thrive. a16z. Sequoia. Theyre buying and rolling up companies like Private Equity giants. Silicon Valley is turning into Private Equity Valley🧵👇 https://t.co/PxGH8N0MMM Venture Capital is dead. Long live Private Equity. Lightspeed. Thrive. a16z. Sequoia. Theyre buying and rolling up companies like Private Equity giants. Silicon Valley is turning into Private Equity Valley🧵👇 https://t.co/PxGH8N0MMM"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/2018725412017201357)  2026-02-03T16:36Z 35.9K followers, [----] engagements


"Inventor of Financial Engineering Andr Meyer started as a [--] year old messenger boy on the Paris stock exchange. He died with Picassos on his walls and a $300 million fortune. His playbook for building companies: merger merger merger. Great Book https://t.co/UB77BYhRJ5 https://t.co/UB77BYhRJ5"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/2019221044993605908)  2026-02-05T01:26Z 35.6K followers, 32.9K engagements


"The Performance Illusion Evergreen funds report returns that look almost too good to be true: low volatility minimal drawdowns and Sharpe ratios exceeding [--] across all funds. But over 70% of gains across SEC registered evergreen funds since [----] remain unrealized. For newer funds that figure can exceed 90%. How These funds are buying secondary positions at discounts and immediately marking them up to NAV. One fund paid $213 million for secondary interests and carried them at $266 million weeks later. This creates instant paper gains that trigger incentive fees for the manager. But the gains"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/2019563695496446142)  2026-02-06T00:08Z 35.6K followers, 19.5K engagements


"The PE Playbook: Buy-and-Build PE has been active here for years. The playbook is textbook buy-and-build: acquire a specialist electronics platform then bolt on component makers and adjacent capabilities to move up and down the value chain. Advent bought Cobham then added Ultra Electronics for C4ISR and EW"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/2020610053846560802)  2026-02-08T21:25Z 35.7K followers, [---] engagements


"Sovereignty as a Moat European nations increasingly demand that electronics in their defence platforms come from European suppliers. Foreign acquisitions require electronics workshare commitments. This creates a structural moat for domestic specialists: if you're the sovereign-approved sensor supplier for a military programme switching costs are enormous and contract durations run [----] years https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020610057239441501 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020610057239441501"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/2020610057239441501)  2026-02-08T21:25Z 35.7K followers, [----] engagements


"What's interesting: order backlog has almost no correlation with valuation (R = 14%). Everyone has a fat backlog right now. What separates the expensive stocks from the cheap ones is cash conversion that relationship has an R of 74%. The market doesn't care how many orders you sit on. It cares whether you can turn EBITDA into cash. Mercury trades at 32x NTM EBITDA on 160% cash conversion. Indra sits at 10x with negative conversion. That spread tells you everything"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/2020610060120936832)  2026-02-08T21:25Z 35.7K followers, [----] engagements


"The Blueprint for Defence Deals KKR turned Airbus spare part into Germanys radar champion. Thread Private Equity Playbook: European Defence Electronics The highest-leverage defence bet in Europe is the tech layer underneath it. Defence electronics is becoming the new industrial infrastructure. Thread https://t.co/YTCF3d7O0Z Private Equity Playbook: European Defence Electronics The highest-leverage defence bet in Europe is the tech layer underneath it. Defence electronics is becoming the new industrial infrastructure. Thread https://t.co/YTCF3d7O0Z"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/2020658269099061395)  2026-02-09T00:37Z 35.9K followers, [----] engagements


"1. Buying Airbus Orphan In [----] KKR bought Airbus Defence Electronics unit for about 1.1bn and rebranded it as Hensoldt after a 19thcentury German optics pioneer. The business made sensors radar electronic warfare systems and avionics"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/2020658278548877529)  2026-02-09T00:37Z 35.7K followers, [---] engagements


"This Asset Was Special Hensoldt controlled German and European sovereign capabilities in radar optronics and electronic warfare It also sat on longcycle programmes (Eurofighter Puma submarines) with [----] year visibility yet was run as a subscale division inside a much larger group. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020658288132526434 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020658288132526434"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/2020658288132526434)  2026-02-09T00:37Z 35.7K followers, [---] engagements


"The Golden Ticket PostIPO Berlin moved to secure a blocking minority in Hensoldt for nationalsecurity reasons. The German government bought a 25.1% stake from KKR for about 464m Effectively putting a strategic asset stamp on the company and derisking KKRs position"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/2020658297771323541)  2026-02-09T00:37Z 35.9K followers, [---] engagements


"The Exit Pop: When Germany announced its 100bn Sondervermgen defence fund after Russias invasion of Ukraine Hensoldts shares rallied hard. KKR used the spike to place a further 9.5% block in March [----] at around [----] per share monetising another chunk well ahead of the original lockup expiry. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020658300917104846 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020658300917104846"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/2020658300917104846)  2026-02-09T00:37Z 35.9K followers, [---] engagements


"Trojan Horse Tactic How add-ons sell themselves: Products are equipped with add-ons that customers have not even ordered. The add-ons are then provided free of charge for a certain trial period. Customers get used to the add-ons and finally pay for their use"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/2020993094921994481)  2026-02-09T22:47Z 35.9K followers, [----] engagements


"Private Equity Titan: Thoma Bravo Thoma Bravo is one of the worlds leading private equity firms with $138 billion under Management. The Secret Sauce of Thoma Bravo:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/1841612153830441171)  2024-10-02T22:52Z 35.9K followers, 79K engagements


"Private Equity LBO Tutorial by Wharton Wondered How Billionaires Buy Companies with 80% Debt A Step-by-Step Guide to Mastering Leveraged Buyouts"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/1866201282299744459)  2024-12-09T19:20Z 35.9K followers, 148.8K engagements


"Private Credit is printing Billionaires. Wall Streets biggest players are going ALL IN on this $30 TRILLION opportunity. A simple primer on Private Credit🧵"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/1892977453829656723)  2025-02-21T16:39Z 35.9K followers, 232.1K engagements


"Warren Buffett called them the best operators in the world. Three friends turned a tiny Brazilian brewery into a $152B empire. They took over Budweiser Heinz & Burger King. The untold story of 3G Capital 👇"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/1895846165440315560)  2025-03-01T14:38Z 35.9K followers, 275.8K engagements


"3G Capital used this book as a playbook for aggressive cost-cutting and efficiency. The book became a cornerstone of their management strategy across their portfolio companies. Warren Buffett called them the best operators in the world. Three friends turned a tiny Brazilian brewery into a $152B empire. They took over Budweiser Heinz & Burger King. The untold story of 3G Capital 👇 https://t.co/6wHn7WYJ7f Warren Buffett called them the best operators in the world. Three friends turned a tiny Brazilian brewery into a $152B empire. They took over Budweiser Heinz & Burger King. The untold story"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/1895859363757375855)  2025-03-01T15:31Z 35.9K followers, 84.6K engagements


"Two best friends built a $3.5 BILLION private equity firm They acquired car washes funeral homes & Burger Kings. They just raised $1.2 BILLION in just [--] months. Heres how they did it 🧵"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/1899849926772732360)  2025-03-12T15:48Z 35.9K followers, 10.6M engagements


"all men secretly believe there is non zero chance they will run a diversified HoldCo with highly profitable and cash flowing assets one day all men secretly believe there is non zero chance they will run a diversified HoldCo with highly profitable and cash flowing assets one day"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1917010430695706849)  2025-04-29T00:17Z 35.9K followers, 494.1K engagements


"Venture Capital is dead. Long live Private Equity. Lightspeed. Thrive. a16z. Sequoia. Theyre buying and rolling up companies like Private Equity giants. Silicon Valley is turning into Private Equity Valley🧵👇"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/1918047165567394056)  2025-05-01T20:57Z 35.9K followers, 269.7K engagements


"The LBO is dead. The biggest Private Equity Investors are now self-funding their buyouts. Welcome to the era of Equity-Led Buyouts. THREAD"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/1926016070860554691)  2025-05-23T20:43Z 35.9K followers, 134.6K engagements


"Private Equity Legend: Alpine Investors How do you get 5x returns in [--] funds in a row You let 28-year-olds run $20M plumbing companies. Heres how Alpine hit 5x returns. 🧵"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/1929207153916612836)  2025-06-01T16:03Z 35.9K followers, 140K engagements


"The Modern Rainmaker From a kid in Texas to $30 BILLION AUM. $20B+ in profits. He built one of the most successful family offices ever. The full arc of John Phelans story"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/1951422734560358731)  2025-08-01T23:20Z 35.9K followers, 101.4K engagements


"Worlds most powerful business model Buy small companies. Decentralize. Reinvest cash. In the Nordics firms like Addtech Indutrade Lifco Lagercrantz compounded at 20% CAGR for [--] years. The Nordic Way"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/1963233043180667384)  2025-09-03T13:30Z 35.9K followers, 136.9K engagements


"Highly recommend checking out this new book Worlds most powerful business model Buy small companies. Decentralize. Reinvest cash. In the Nordics firms like Addtech Indutrade Lifco Lagercrantz compounded at 20% CAGR for [--] years. The Nordic Way https://t.co/65RjJyNSra Worlds most powerful business model Buy small companies. Decentralize. Reinvest cash. In the Nordics firms like Addtech Indutrade Lifco Lagercrantz compounded at 20% CAGR for [--] years. The Nordic Way https://t.co/65RjJyNSra"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/1963590689536553085)  2025-09-04T13:11Z 35.9K followers, 102.3K engagements


"Instant masterpiece by @ganeumann. One of the clearest frameworks on who actually captures AI value. Amazing essay published in @joincolossus Here are my notes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1966953071428465102)  2025-09-13T19:52Z 35.9K followers, 84.9K engagements


"Great Book Deep Dives on Legendary Dealmakers"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/1969751647237673273)  2025-09-21T13:12Z 35.9K followers, 105.5K engagements


"Amazing Blackstone Guide Investing in the Picks and Shovels of AI Thread"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/1972319093119439126)  2025-09-28T15:14Z 35.9K followers, 328.1K engagements


"Blackstones Jon Gray on where to invest now. Where Blackstone is actually betting billions"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/1972353663537664043)  2025-09-28T17:32Z 35.9K followers, 47.8K engagements


"The Most Underestimated Dealmaker Jared Kushner just pulled off Wall Streets biggest buyout. From Fifth Avenue to the Abraham Accords to $55B Buyout The Dealmaking Playbook of Jared Kushner Thread"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/1973026742005879018)  2025-09-30T14:06Z 35.9K followers, 271.6K engagements


"Amazing Book Guy Hands made billions buying what nobody wanted Pubs. Railways. Toilets Lessons from the Dealmaker"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/1973516009098322147)  2025-10-01T22:30Z 35.9K followers, 127K engagements


"Great Book Tactics from the Corporate Raiders"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1974816771908514059)  2025-10-05T12:39Z 35.9K followers, 259.2K engagements


"The Icahn & Ellison Method Great Book Tactics from the Corporate Raiders https://t.co/SYT8GM1Nnt Great Book Tactics from the Corporate Raiders https://t.co/SYT8GM1Nnt"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1974849989198385450)  2025-10-05T14:51Z 35.9K followers, 188.2K engagements


"WOW @OrlandoBravoTB just dropped a masterclass on Software Private Equity AI. Valuations. Exits. Notes from his latest interview"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/1975701812448526521)  2025-10-07T23:16Z 35.9K followers, 268.5K engagements


"This book is a masterpiece of business philosophy Seymour Schulich turned $400K into $5 Billion. [--] ideas from the book Thread"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1977884190067585332)  2025-10-13T23:48Z 35.9K followers, 56.1K engagements


"Happiness is Positive Cash Flow The Godfather of Venture Capital He turned $50K into $100M. Drank Chardonnay in meetings and fired slow thinkers Fred Adler wrote the original venture capital playbook. Thread https://t.co/iUEcSQm4sX The Godfather of Venture Capital He turned $50K into $100M. Drank Chardonnay in meetings and fired slow thinkers Fred Adler wrote the original venture capital playbook. Thread https://t.co/iUEcSQm4sX"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/1979359005337436199)  2025-10-18T01:28Z 35.9K followers, 149K engagements


"Men of genius are meteors destined to be consumed in lighting up their century"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/1981162617726189901)  2025-10-23T00:55Z 35.9K followers, 85.9K engagements


"Terrifying Reality of [----] Financial sponsor built a prototype in [--] weeks during diligence on an AI-healthcare company. Prototype outperformed the targets core product in clinician testing. Deal killed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/1982939550469980305)  2025-10-27T22:36Z 35.9K followers, 773.7K engagements


"The Billionaire Philosopher He dropped out of high school and built a $5B real-estate empire. Ran a literary agency The philosophy that kept Francis Greenburger unbreakable Thread"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/1984039580648272161)  2025-10-30T23:27Z 35.9K followers, 278.1K engagements


"Imagine knocking for candy and getting Zero to One and Barbarians at the Gate"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1984296239375016036)  2025-10-31T16:27Z 35.9K followers, 27.2K engagements


"The Only Cure"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/1985358311743488347)  2025-11-03T14:48Z 35.9K followers, 31K engagements


"Great Book: One of the keys to Roger Federers success is his incredible ability to keep his cool and remain calm. When he found himself behind in the game he knew he might need to push himself a little more but he never worried too much"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/1985504122792001910)  2025-11-04T00:27Z 35.9K followers, 97.2K engagements


"King Icahn is Back Icahns new war is against BlackRock Vanguard & State Street. He calls them a cartel that controls 30% of corporate Americas votes killing activism and real capitalism"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/1986040004359926150)  2025-11-05T11:56Z 35.9K followers, 245K engagements


"The Icahn dynasty continues Brett Icahn will succeed Carl as chairman and lead the investment unit. His last big trade made $250 million in one week. King Icahn is Back Icahns new war is against BlackRock Vanguard & State Street. He calls them a cartel that controls 30% of corporate Americas votes killing activism and real capitalism. https://t.co/ts4iYLk8Pj King Icahn is Back Icahns new war is against BlackRock Vanguard & State Street. He calls them a cartel that controls 30% of corporate Americas votes killing activism and real capitalism. https://t.co/ts4iYLk8Pj"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/1986049549496955182)  2025-11-05T12:34Z 35.9K followers, 177.4K engagements


"We are so back King Icahn is Back Icahns new war is against BlackRock Vanguard & State Street. He calls them a cartel that controls 30% of corporate Americas votes killing activism and real capitalism. https://t.co/ts4iYLk8Pj King Icahn is Back Icahns new war is against BlackRock Vanguard & State Street. He calls them a cartel that controls 30% of corporate Americas votes killing activism and real capitalism. https://t.co/ts4iYLk8Pj"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1986100506821800216)  2025-11-05T15:57Z 35.9K followers, 62.8K engagements


"310K $37M in [--] years. The Golden Age of Private Equity. One of the greatest LBOs ever done:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/1986628990778392871)  2025-11-07T02:57Z 35.9K followers, 266K engagements


"Private Equity in the 80s was insane. They put up $1M to buy a $169.8M glassmaker. [-----] % gain in [--] years. 310K $37M in [--] years. The Golden Age of Private Equity. One of the greatest LBOs ever done: https://t.co/9wCklcF8ep 310K $37M in [--] years. The Golden Age of Private Equity. One of the greatest LBOs ever done: https://t.co/9wCklcF8ep"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/1986631650156130579)  2025-11-07T03:07Z 35.9K followers, 255.1K engagements


"This formula created Blackstone Bill Simon made $65M from $330K. Schwarzman studied the deal and built an empire. 310K $37M in [--] years. The Golden Age of Private Equity. One of the greatest LBOs ever done: https://t.co/9wCklcF8ep 310K $37M in [--] years. The Golden Age of Private Equity. One of the greatest LBOs ever done: https://t.co/9wCklcF8ep"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/1986637845562363916)  2025-11-07T03:32Z 35.9K followers, 130.7K engagements


"Ill share detailed breakdowns of live deals sector opportunities and strategic playbooks all free. Link in bio"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/1986848108962332973)  2025-11-07T17:27Z 35.9K followers, 42.8K engagements


"Top Books on Private Equity Dealmakers Part. I"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/1987205687978479644)  2025-11-08T17:08Z 35.9K followers, 139.4K engagements


"What book sparks the relentless desire to conquer the world"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/1987329405148873063)  2025-11-09T01:20Z 35.9K followers, 276.1K engagements


"Top Books on Dealmakers (Part II) Top Books on Private Equity Dealmakers Part. I https://t.co/ZLVSXbY0tt Top Books on Private Equity Dealmakers Part. I https://t.co/ZLVSXbY0tt"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/1990165442179019164)  2025-11-16T21:09Z 35.9K followers, 74.3K engagements


"How to turn $10M into billions: TransDigm bought tiny aerospace monopolies and turned them into the most cash machines Highest profit margins in the industrial world are in the aerospace aftermarket. Result is a 5200% run: The Hidden Goldmine: Tier 2-4 Defence Suppliers [--]. Fragmented market perfect for roll-ups [--]. OEMs & Primes depend on them strong demand security [--]. Government-backed demand long-term revenue stability [--]. Struggling post-COVID liquidity issues = lower https://t.co/SZK5wmnyZN The Hidden Goldmine: Tier 2-4 Defence Suppliers [--]. Fragmented market perfect for roll-ups [--]. OEMs &"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/1996035923281412552)  2025-12-03T01:57Z 35.9K followers, 14.9K engagements


"Thoma Bravo: Europe is the next buyout frontier Europes software market is the largest mispriced asset in global tech. 13000+ software companies are waiting EU software spending grew close to ten times the continents GDP growth rate. Europe has reached peak pessimism. That is usually when the best assets trade at the lowest prices. The continent has [--] million SMEs and millions of aging owners. This is the kind of buying window that shows up only a few times in a generation. https://t.co/8kzBSwFI2W Europe has reached peak pessimism. That is usually when the best assets trade at the lowest"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/1997782208661139853)  2025-12-07T21:36Z 35.9K followers, 61.6K engagements


"The math is against AI startups. The winners will be established software companies that embed AI into real business systems. Holden Spaht Managing Partner at Thoma Bravo Source: FT"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/2011419736031285611)  2026-01-14T12:46Z 35.9K followers, 163.5K engagements


"Babe wake up - new Thoma Bravo thesis just dropped. TL;DR: Most AI startups are thin wrappers on rented models with brutal compute costs and weak moats. The winners will be integrated software platforms that embed AI into the system of record. The math is against AI startups. The winners will be established software companies that embed AI into real business systems. Holden Spaht Managing Partner at Thoma Bravo Source: FT https://t.co/l9xYP4sD7f The math is against AI startups. The winners will be established software companies that embed AI into real business systems. Holden Spaht Managing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/2011421464361345384)  2026-01-14T12:53Z 35.9K followers, 175.9K engagements


"Most valuable outofprint book in tech. Two fired bank guys in rural Missouri start coding in the back of an engine shop. They build a $14 billion banking software giant The Playbook"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/2013437010984292762)  2026-01-20T02:22Z 35.9K followers, 18.1K engagements


"The year is [----]. A small community bank gets sold and Jack Henry is suddenly out as dataprocessing manager. His friend Jerry Hall is stuck doing long drives through the Ozarks He realizes: every small bank that buys an IBM machine has no software worth using"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/2013437014587088923)  2026-01-20T02:22Z 35.9K followers, [----] engagements


"It's late [----] and Kraft's CEO John Richman has a problem. Wall Street analysts won't shut up about Duracell being a "non-core asset" in Kraft's portfolio. The battery company doesn't fit and http://x.com/i/article/2014481770448646144 http://x.com/i/article/2014481770448646144"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/2014487385485050251)  2026-01-22T23:56Z 35.9K followers, 107.5K engagements


"The most dominant software PE investors Source: Gain Pro"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/2015943266991038669)  2026-01-27T00:21Z 35.9K followers, [----] engagements


"TMT PRIVATE EQUITY REPORT Amazing stuff by Gain Pro Thread with highlights"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/2015948588002480539)  2026-01-27T00:42Z 35.9K followers, 41.5K engagements


"Vertical software businesses have the highest margins TMT PRIVATE EQUITY REPORT Amazing stuff by Gain Pro Thread with highlights https://t.co/wZsft3vk2U TMT PRIVATE EQUITY REPORT Amazing stuff by Gain Pro Thread with highlights https://t.co/wZsft3vk2U"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/2015949566399386091)  2026-01-27T00:46Z 35.9K followers, 34.2K engagements


"A must for any aspiring empire builder. Munk is a testimony to what a man can build with undivided focus. Mix J.P Morgan with Rockefeller and a little bit of Marc Rich and you get a Peter Munk"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/2019814517497376836)  2026-02-06T16:44Z 35.9K followers, 26.1K engagements


"Europe's Tech Breakup Europe spends $264 billion a year on American cloud services. The next five years will determine who controls European infrastructure. The European software market is growing over 11% annually with 13000+ companies generating eight-figure revenue. EU mandated that 75% of businesses must adopt cloud and AI [-----] computing nodes built all public services digitized 90% of SMEs online. Where the Money's Going: [--]. Infrastructure Data centers are becoming sovereign assets. Governments will pay premiums to keep data within their borders. Compliance requirements create natural"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/2020950646531477941)  2026-02-09T19:59Z 35.9K followers, 30.7K engagements


"Solid PE [---] book if youre starting from zero. The value is convenience: the basics are organized in one place That said you can find most of the same theories for free on YT and PE fund insight pages. Government privatization programs create some of the best opportunities Value creation [--]. Strategy reset [--]. Remove structural public-sector inefficiencies [--]. Growth capex + align management with profitability [--]. Governance overhaul to speed decisions + enforce accountability https://t.co/DlRK2wkTNu Government privatization programs create some of the best opportunities Value creation 1."  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/2020959959043932603)  2026-02-09T20:36Z 35.9K followers, 51K engagements


"If I must go to a deserted place today and am allowed to carry only one book this would be it. It will provide me with enough thoughts on life death destiny existence hope and vision to fill a lifetime. How To Think Like Napoleon [--] Books https://t.co/F2yuZWaBZK How To Think Like Napoleon [--] Books https://t.co/F2yuZWaBZK"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/2021585860815151394)  2026-02-11T14:03Z 35.9K followers, 20.9K engagements


"The Genius Private Credit Guy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/2021657627273699350)  2026-02-11T18:48Z 35.9K followers, 16.3K engagements


"From Garages to Gulfstreams A handful of rulebreakers turned sleepy European races into a billiondollar circus The playbook for building new industries Great Book"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/2022805509363978717)  2026-02-14T22:49Z 35.9K followers, 11.3K engagements


"This book that teaches you how to: -sabre a champagne bottle - start a billion dollar company - land a plane with engine failure - dance without looking like your dad - write a best-selling novel Funny read"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/2022838220493312150)  2026-02-15T00:59Z 35.9K followers, [----] engagements


"If you can rain deals nobody cares how mad you are. Great book"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1967372026563489796)  2025-09-14T23:36Z 35.9K followers, 31.6K engagements


"Strategic Insight Harpin recognized two dynamics: [--]. The market was fragmented. Small plumbing and repair businesses lacked scale. [--]. Utilities had trust and customer access. By partnering HomeServe could reach households efficiently"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/1968283301153734890)  2025-09-17T11:58Z 35.9K followers, [---] engagements


"Buy & Build Strategy [--]. Acquisition of local operators: Expanded the network of engineers in the UK. [--]. Utility & insurer partnerships: Acquired local contracts and providers in the US and Europe. [--]. International expansion: Entered [--] countries exiting where regulation blocked scale"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/1968283303708098849)  2025-09-17T11:58Z 35.9K followers, [---] engagements


"Scaling Effects [--]. Distribution scale: millions of households via partners. [--]. Service density: national coverage at lower unit cost. [--]. Product breadth: cross-sell of multiple policies per home. This turned a low-margin service into a high-return platform"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/1968283313115902351)  2025-09-17T11:58Z 35.9K followers, [---] engagements


"End of Private Equity Funds are choking on unsold assets. LPs are waiting nearly a decade for cash back. GPs cling to marks that no buyer pays Thread"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/1970293827710886100)  2025-09-23T01:07Z 35.9K followers, 107.4K engagements


"BREAKING: Apollo just launched a new vehicle in sports finance. When billionaires need cash for teams they call Apollo. Sports are the next trillion-dollar asset class. Thread"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/1972684699056197871)  2025-09-29T15:27Z 35.9K followers, 119.7K engagements


"Blackstone acquired the energy brain of the world: Enverus. This Texas startup became the worlds most valuable energy data company. One of the best founder (@allengilmer ) stories Full breakdown here: https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/1960413898047193494 https://t.co/2ntwcWalOr https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/1960413898047193494 https://t.co/2ntwcWalOr"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/1972732790241436107)  2025-09-29T18:38Z 35.9K followers, 145.2K engagements


"How Infrastructure Generates Cash Flow by KKR"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1973105161519182024)  2025-09-30T19:18Z 35.9K followers, 46.4K engagements


"Sam Zells entire playbook in one line The best deals are starved for investors Zell built billions on that truth"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/1974819763261194475)  2025-10-05T12:51Z 35.9K followers, 42K engagements


"PRIVATE EQUITY IS COOKED @OrlandoBravoTB just dropped the hammer: Were in the middle of the shakeout The issue is underperformance & liquidity Notes from his latest interview"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1976638467892261003)  2025-10-10T13:18Z 35.9K followers, 69.2K engagements


"The richest men in history used this model Rockefeller Gillette Jobs. Same playbook different century"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1977413960120013201)  2025-10-12T16:40Z 35.9K followers, 82.2K engagements


"Peak Private Equity $14 Billion: The Best Deal in History Blackstone bought Hilton for $26B. A year later the world collapsed. Blackstone still made $14 BILLION The Playbook https://t.co/mBLo27E9s4 $14 Billion: The Best Deal in History Blackstone bought Hilton for $26B. A year later the world collapsed. Blackstone still made $14 BILLION The Playbook https://t.co/mBLo27E9s4"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1977521826680164361)  2025-10-12T23:48Z 35.9K followers, 48.5K engagements


"3. Exposure Creates Luck The more games youre in the more asymmetric outcomes find you. Most people stand still waiting for perfect conditions. The rare few multiply their surface area until probability bends in their favour: Ted Turner turned a local billboard business into CNN because he was already deep inside media distribution. Charles Schwab started by mailing investment newsletters; within years it became the biggest discount brokerage in America"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/1977884207356813705)  2025-10-13T23:48Z 35.9K followers, [----] engagements


"4. Reciprocity Compounds Faster Than Interest Reciprocity is social arbitrage; small favors yield exponential goodwill. He discovered Robert Cialdinis Influence and connected it to Charlie Mungers psychology of persuasion"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/1977884213085872371)  2025-10-13T23:48Z 35.9K followers, [----] engagements


"The Godfather of Venture Capital He turned $50K into $100M. Drank Chardonnay in meetings and fired slow thinkers Fred Adler wrote the original venture capital playbook. Thread"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/1979356274442862787)  2025-10-18T01:18Z 35.9K followers, 254.3K engagements


"If you can actually count your money you are not really a rich man Oil Tycoon J. Paul Getty"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1979522497466008032)  2025-10-18T12:18Z 35.9K followers, 41.3K engagements


"Wouldnt dream of it Im showing up in my Zegna Centoventimila wool suit a bespoke Turnbull & Asser shirt Herms tie Gucci [----] loafers and a [----] Nautilus. Wouldnt dream of it Im showing up in my Zegna Centoventimila wool suit a bespoke Turnbull & Asser shirt Herms tie Gucci [----] loafers and a [----] Nautilus"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1981400204256448910)  2025-10-23T16:39Z 35.9K followers, 143.6K engagements


"Every man secretly wants to build a HoldCo with his friends that owns boring high-margin cash-flowing assets"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1982549085212328382)  2025-10-26T20:45Z 35.9K followers, 86.6K engagements


"Great Book How Wall Street Rebels changed Finance Jack Bogle launched the first index fund in [----]. He was mocked for [--] years Bogles folly Today his folly has more AUM than most governments Be willing to look stupid for a long time Every great idea begins as a heresy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1982800714217685196)  2025-10-27T13:25Z 35.9K followers, 27.5K engagements


"The framework top PE firms now use to assess AIs impact on a target. Source: Bain & Company Terrifying Reality of [----] Financial sponsor built a prototype in [--] weeks during diligence on an AI-healthcare company. Prototype outperformed the targets core product in clinician testing. Deal killed. https://t.co/l6X62EVHqC Terrifying Reality of [----] Financial sponsor built a prototype in [--] weeks during diligence on an AI-healthcare company. Prototype outperformed the targets core product in clinician testing. Deal killed. https://t.co/l6X62EVHqC"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/1983212436762099795)  2025-10-28T16:41Z 35.9K followers, 136.5K engagements


"This philosophy made him billions: The Billionaire Philosopher He dropped out of high school and built a $5B real-estate empire. Ran a literary agency The philosophy that kept Francis Greenburger unbreakable Thread https://t.co/SG42vq58nJ The Billionaire Philosopher He dropped out of high school and built a $5B real-estate empire. Ran a literary agency The philosophy that kept Francis Greenburger unbreakable Thread https://t.co/SG42vq58nJ"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1984066958804082701)  2025-10-31T01:16Z 35.9K followers, 151.7K engagements


"The rule that turned a box of screws into billions: The Screw Billionaire He built a 40B empire from a box of screws and a Bible. He prayed in the morning and sold in the afternoon. Reinhold Wrths Playbook for Building an Empire Thread https://t.co/8QdDiTSzf1 The Screw Billionaire He built a 40B empire from a box of screws and a Bible. He prayed in the morning and sold in the afternoon. Reinhold Wrths Playbook for Building an Empire Thread https://t.co/8QdDiTSzf1"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1984700664966947108)  2025-11-01T19:14Z 35.9K followers, 99.8K engagements


""like private equity had a baby with Google" Road to billionaire status in under a decade. The next billionaire class will be made by buying Europes fragments consolidating them and applying the systems perfected in the US. Software Private Equity Billionaires Four Italian friends burn years on a failed startup. [-----] left in the bank. They used it to buy one dying app for 10K. Today they run an $11B buyout empire. The Playbook https://t.co/hblsqIZgmq Software Private Equity Billionaires Four Italian friends burn years on a failed startup. [-----] left in the bank. They used it to buy one dying"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/1985847254817902767)  2025-11-04T23:10Z 35.9K followers, 100.7K engagements


"Incredible biography. The LBO chapter is worth more than a dozen investing books. Private Equity in the 80s was insane. They put up $1M to buy a $169.8M glassmaker. [-----] % gain in [--] years. https://t.co/nYNcS9TFQV Private Equity in the 80s was insane. They put up $1M to buy a $169.8M glassmaker. [-----] % gain in [--] years. https://t.co/nYNcS9TFQV"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/1987166909410742679)  2025-11-08T14:34Z 35.9K followers, 113.6K engagements


"The masculine urge to own multiple private jets and check your portfolio Golden Era of Finance: King of Takeovers Boone Pickens turned a $2500 loan into a $3 billion empire. He revolutionized Wall Street with his corporate raids setting the blueprint for LBOs. This is the playbook of T. Boone Pickens: https://t.co/kyCMjRQdxT Golden Era of Finance: King of Takeovers Boone Pickens turned a $2500 loan into a $3 billion empire. He revolutionized Wall Street with his corporate raids setting the blueprint for LBOs. This is the playbook of T. Boone Pickens: https://t.co/kyCMjRQdxT"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1989863503495315610)  2025-11-16T01:10Z 35.9K followers, 74.1K engagements


"Youre spot on. The program layer is where all the pain lives: politics audits stop-start funding. Thats exactly why the TransDigm play works. You buy Tier [--] to [--] assets that are tiny on ticket size but brutal to switch out. Then you lean hard into pricing mix and engineering across the portfolio. That combo has delivered 50%+ EBITDA margins and 40% annual equity returns for years. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1996012334750298604 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1996012334750298604"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/1996012334750298604)  2025-12-03T00:23Z 35.9K followers, [---] engagements


"The Wildest Lawyer in America He made $335M on one case. Then shouted Im gonna buy p*ssy over vodka with Carl Icahn. Great book on corporate raiders and their wild takeovers"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/1997041083684192508)  2025-12-05T20:31Z 35.9K followers, 24.7K engagements


"Large wave of U.S. capital is moving into Europe but there are not enough platforms to absorb it The opportunity: buy hidden champions professionalize them scale past 1020M EBITDA and sell to large cap funds Anyone building or acquiring in this space DMs open Europe has reached peak pessimism. That is usually when the best assets trade at the lowest prices. The continent has [--] million SMEs and millions of aging owners. This is the kind of buying window that shows up only a few times in a generation. https://t.co/8kzBSwFI2W Europe has reached peak pessimism. That is usually when the best"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/1997778549667676375)  2025-12-07T21:21Z 35.9K followers, 36.2K engagements


"The Buyout Kings of 2025"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/2003442818468196673)  2025-12-23T12:29Z 35.9K followers, 19.3K engagements


"The biggest TMT investors: Thoma Bravo: 132.4bn EV Vista Equity: 83.5bn EV KKR: 76.5bn EV The top [--] together control 42% of total TMT EV (1.6tn across [----] assets)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/2015948595552248249)  2026-01-27T00:42Z 35.9K followers, [----] engagements


"$10.5 Billion Exit in Under [--] Years Thoma Bravos genius is workflow knowledge. They buy the right systems and stitch them together. One stack for the customer. THREAD Banks will spend nine figures on software for one reason: theyre terrified of bad data moving through a system nobody fully understands. In late [----] they took control of AxiomSL a regulatory reporting and compliance platform. In March [----] they bought Calypso a core trading risk collateral and treasury system used by major institutions. Put together the two assets covered the full life of a trade from the moment its booked to"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/2011623428546048159)  2026-01-15T02:16Z 35.9K followers, 21.5K engagements


"The Passport King: How a Swiss Lawyer Built a Billion Dollar Passport Business This Swiss Lawyer built a multibillion-dollar firm that helps wealthy individuals acquire passports and launched a fund that has returned 2000% since its inception. He discovered a chance on a modest Caribbean island named St. Kitts & Nevis. The nation was grappling with significant crime and scant development until Chris Klin introduced his brilliant idea: A passport package that lets wealthy individuals buy citizenship for $250000 without ever visiting the island The passports provided access to [---] countries and"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/1789417666412708013)  2024-05-11T22:09Z 35.9K followers, 796.9K engagements


"Bill Ackman turned $60 million into $1.6 billion & made a Jamaican taxi driver $2.5 million:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/1826064477046833247)  2024-08-21T01:11Z 35.9K followers, 148.6K engagements


"The Boring Goldmine: Data Center Infrastructure Data is the new oil and data centers are the wells. But the real money Its in the infrastructure that keeps them running 24/7. Heres where Private Equity unlocks trillions:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/1869149345339371948)  2024-12-17T22:35Z 35.9K followers, 166.4K engagements


"$70 Billion: The Largest Profit in Private Equity Silver Lake & Michael Dell turned $7.8B into $70B. The largest private equity gain in history:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/1873876776600076326)  2024-12-30T23:40Z 35.9K followers, 702.1K engagements


"Private Equity Legend: William Simon His deals inspired Stephen Schwarzman to build Blackstone: 200x return on greeting cards in [--] months. 10689% return on glass bottles. The Private Equity Pioneers Playbook"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/1874590597769806241)  2025-01-01T22:56Z 35.9K followers, 147.2K engagements


"$20 BILLION: Cold Storage Investors The largest IPO of [----] wasnt a tech startup. It was a cold storage company. [--] M&A guys turned one warehouse into a $20B empire. Heres how they did it: 👇"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/1897758574731755854)  2025-03-06T21:17Z 35.9K followers, 283K engagements


"Best Books on Distressed Investing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/1954552173322276976)  2025-08-10T14:35Z 35.9K followers, 118.4K engagements


"Harpin started HomeServe in [----] with [-----] of savings The idea: insure homeowners against plumbing heating and electrical breakdowns. The market was too small for Private Equity. The model was simple but highly scalable if distribution and service coverage could expand"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/1968283298918174833)  2025-09-17T11:58Z 35.9K followers, [----] engagements


"Buy & Build Framework Customer Fit Does the target solve a home repair problem Operational Leverage Can HomeServe add value (systems tech management brand) Financial Discipline Can it be acquired at a multiple that allows margin expansion"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/1968283306614825116)  2025-09-17T11:58Z 35.9K followers, [---] engagements


"Buy boring. Cut deep. Sell sexy. Laurence Tisch turned broken hotels failing insurers and cheap oil rigs into billions. This is the Tisch Playbook & how to apply it today: Cheap unloved assets can be gold mines. In [----] Laurence Tisch was just [--]. While Florida hotels sold for $10K12K a room he found a 300-room resort in Lakewood NJ for only $1250 per room. The owner feared a postwar slump and let it rot. Tisch hidden value waiting to be unlocked. He leased the hotel and modernized it with flairice rinks swimming pools even reindeer from Finland. Razzle-dazzle turned a failing hotel into a"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/1969524758263054450)  2025-09-20T22:11Z 35.9K followers, 49.4K engagements


"Gentlemen: You have undertaken to cheat me. I wont sue for the law is too slow. Ill ruin you. Yours truly Cornelius Vanderbilt"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/1980063291033735576)  2025-10-20T00:07Z 35.9K followers, 98.5K engagements


"The Screw Billionaire He built a 40B empire from a box of screws and a Bible. He prayed in the morning and sold in the afternoon. Reinhold Wrths Playbook for Building an Empire Thread"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/1984698858505716165)  2025-11-01T19:07Z 35.9K followers, 203K engagements


"Software Private Equity Billionaires Four Italian friends burn years on a failed startup. [-----] left in the bank. They used it to buy one dying app for 10K. Today they run an $11B buyout empire. The Playbook"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheIcahnist/status/1985724718842789946)  2025-11-04T15:04Z 35.9K followers, 122.9K engagements

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