You learn in this business: If you want a friend, get a dog. — Carl Icahn

You learn in this business: If you want a friend, get a dog.

Author: Carl Icahn

Insight: When stakes get high, people's loyalty gets negotiable—a lesson Icahn learned in cutthroat finance that applies everywhere from office politics to friendships built on convenience. The gut punch isn't that people are bad, but that most bonds dissolve the second mutual benefit does.

Source: King Icahn: The Biography of a Renegade Capitalist, p. 289, 2016

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You learn in this business: If you want a friend, get a dog.

Carl IcahnKing Icahn: The Biography of a Renegade Capitalist, p. 289, 2016

Insight

When stakes get high, people's loyalty gets negotiable—a lesson Icahn learned in cutthroat finance that applies everywhere from office politics to friendships built on convenience. The gut punch isn't that people are bad, but that most bonds dissolve the second mutual benefit does.

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Carl Icahn

Carl Icahn is an American businessman and investor, born on February 16, 1936. He is best known as an activist shareholder and the founder of Icahn Enterprises, a diversified holding company. Throughout his career, Icahn has gained a reputation for acquiring significant stakes in companies and pushing for strategic changes to increase shareholder value.

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