Deal‑Making Blueprint: Jordan Bleznick — The Creative Tax Strategies Behind Carl Icahn’s Empire

Podcast: Corporate Law Lab · Cincy Lawcast

Opublikowano: 2025-08-04

Corporate Law Lab host Neil Taylor sits down with Jordan Bleznick, the outstanding tax lawyer whose almost forty-year professional relationship with renowned activist investor Carl Icahn included serving as Senior Vice President and Chief Tax Counsel for various Icahn entities from 2002 to 2023. Jordan shares stories from his Cincinnati upbringing, explains how he became Carl Icahn’s trusted advisor, and offers insights into structuring complex transactions. This conversation explores why Icahn—founder and controlling shareholder of Icahn Enterprises—is regarded as one of Wall Street’s most successful investors and a pioneer of activist investing. In the 1980s Icahn was often ca...