In running companies he controls, he explained, he finds a good manager and then leaves him or her to do the job. How does he pick his managers? "I don't want a guy who plays golf," Icahn said. "I don't want him playing golf."
As for the unfortunate CEOs of underperforming companies that Icahn has in his sights: "The only way you get these guys in off the golf course is when I file a 13D." - John E. Morris
See earlier story about Icahn's other comments at New York Financial Writers Association Awards Dinner
Corporate executives hoping to charm Carl Icahn should forget about trying to build rapport on the links, judging by the investor's comments at the New York Financial Writers Association Awards Dinner Tuesday night. Icahn made it clear he has no use for the game.
