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- September 2023 (Revised January 2024)
- Case
Icahn Enterprises: Ponzi Scheme or Sound Investment
By: Aiyesha Dey, Jonas Heese and James Weber
Icahn Enterprises, a publicly traded limited partnership founded and operated by famed activist investor Carl Icahn, had earned above market returns for over a decade. Between 2018 and early 2023, it had a compound annual return of 31%. Icahn invested in undervalued... View Details
Dey, Aiyesha, Jonas Heese, and James Weber. "Icahn Enterprises: Ponzi Scheme or Sound Investment." Harvard Business School Case 124-013, September 2023. (Revised January 2024.)
- September 2023
- Supplement
Icahn Enterprises: Ponzi Scheme or Sound Investment
By: Aiyesha Dey, Jonas Heese and James Weber
Excel Supplement consists of financial statements of Icahn Enterprises and two competitors. View Details
Keywords: Financial Statements
- January 2024
- Teaching Note
Icahn Enterprises: Ponzi Scheme or Sound Investment
By: Aiyesha Dey and Jonas Heese
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 124-013. View Details
- February 2014
- Background Note
“When I look back…” Reflections of Bernard Madoff
By: Eugene F. Soltes and Sara Hess
This background note for instructors provides details of Bernard Madoff's career and the classroom recording. View Details
Keywords: Ponzi Scheme; Crime and Corruption; Personal Development and Career; Finance; United States
Soltes, Eugene F., and Sara Hess. "'When I look back…' Reflections of Bernard Madoff." Harvard Business School Background Note 114-050, February 2014.
- 24 Oct 2016
- Research & Ideas
Bernie Madoff Explains Himself
evening for several months. Madoff, a renowned stockbroker turned fraudster, conducted the phone calls from FCI Butner, a medium-security federal correctional institution in North Carolina. At the time, he was serving the third year of a 150-year prison sentence for... View Details
- 23 Aug 2021
- Research & Ideas
Why White-Collar Crime Spiked in America After 9/11
staffing of white-collar crime investigations, with a loss of 36 percent from its 2001 levels, Nguyen writes. Why did those investigations suffer? White-collar crime investigations, which can range from Ponzi View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
- 30 Jul 2018
- Research & Ideas
Why Ethical People Become Unethical Negotiators
PeopleImages Convicted stockbroker Bernie Madoff knew exactly what he was doing when he stole billions from clients, yet the financial advisor didn’t pull off the biggest Ponzi scheme in the United States by... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 06 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Are You a Level-Six Leader?
not thousands of retirees saw their nest eggs evaporate because of their unwitting participation in a deliberately contrived Ponzi scheme that, in time, became the largest ($50 billion) in Wall Street... View Details
Keywords: by Mitch Maidique
- 02 Jan 2020
- Op-Ed
Medicare for All or Public Option: Can Either Heal Health Care?
charge, gives away an average $310,000 in benefits over what the typical member has purchased. Not surprisingly, this Ponzi scheme collects far less of the taxes and premiums necessary to fund it. ... View Details
- 28 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
Eyes Shut: The Consequences of Not Noticing
you need to open your eyes and truly notice for the first time—and for the rest of your life. The book analyzes a bevy of real-world examples, ranging from Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme to problematic... View Details