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icahn-activist

Use when evaluating Carl Icahn-style activist investments: undervalued assets, poor governance, capital allocation fixes, buybacks, asset sales, board pressure, and control catalysts.

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# Icahn Activist

Use this skill to apply Carl Icahn-style activist thinking: identify a valuable but mismanaged company, define what should change, estimate value after change, and assess whether activism can force the catalyst.

## When To Use

- Activist campaign analysis
- Capital allocation, buyback, asset sale, spin, or board-change thesis
- Sum-of-the-parts undervaluation
- Governance and management pressure review

Trigger phrases include `Icahn`, `activist`, `board`, `buyback`, `asset sale`, `sum of parts`, `proxy fight`, and `capital allocation`.

## Process