Well I wasn't looking to engage in a battle of baseless statements. I asked if you can elaborate on the 60,000 employees you said his financial company employs.

Medium-size (Icahn is no Goldman or BlackRock), multi-billion dollar hedge funds and private equity groups (and similar) do not have 60,000 employees. Take a quick look reference at how many people Buffett has employed in his offices over the years. The industrial firms he owns stakes in employ lots of people, he didn't start those companies of course, and he doesn't run them.

BlackRock has 11,000 employees with a couple hundred billion in assets. Goldman Sachs has 32,000 employees with $911 billion in assets under management. To name two examples.

I'm willing to bet Icahn's financial company is extremely small in fact and employs very few people relative to the value of its holdings.

What does it matter? Because I'm fascinated by where those 60,000 people are employed.

Who's hating on bankers? Not me. Who said he isn't extremely savvy? Not me. I asked where you got the 60,000 figure, simple.