The Tappan-Icahn Story: When Leadership Lost Touch

05/08/2025 14 min

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Episode Synopsis

The untold story of Carl Icahn's first major corporate takeover in 1978, when he challenged Tappan Company's CEO in a dramatic boardroom confrontation that would define activist investing and reveal how corporate leadership can lose touch with reality—until an outsider forces them to face the truth.