Icahn Guides Trump’s Policy and Scores $60 Million

  • Billionaire’s CVR Energy saves from plunge in energy credits
  • His crusade to excuse refiners from rules pays off in quarter

How Icahn Reaped a $60M Windfall as Special Trump Adviser

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Government work has paid off handsomely for billionaire Carl Icahn.

CVR Energy Inc., his oil refining company, saved about $60 million in the first quarter because of expectations that the federal government will ease a regulation involving renewable fuels, securities filings show.