????卡爾?伊坎，德雷克塞爾大學(xué),，2008年

????畢業(yè)典禮演講意在振奮人心,，但公司掠奪者卡爾?伊坎卻借此機(jī)會對美國的商界領(lǐng)袖進(jìn)行了一番猛烈抨擊。他表示,，普通的美國CEO不應(yīng)該成為學(xué)生們學(xué)習(xí)的榜樣,。

????他說道：“雖然有例外，但美國公司的管理非常糟糕,。整個系統(tǒng)功能失調(diào),。我可以告訴你們，美國公司的董事會多么差勁,，雖然確實存在例外,。我在許多家董事會任職。我根本不用去看《周六夜現(xiàn)場》,，因為董事會簡直比娛樂節(jié)目還要熱鬧,。”

????Carl Icahn, Drexel University, 2008

????Corporate raider Carl Icahn cut through the uplifting sentiments of commencement addresses with a stern assessment of the nation’s business elite, holding up the average American CEO as the precise opposite of a role model.

????“With exceptions, we have terrible management in this country,” he said. “The system is dysfunctional. I can tell you how bad our boards are, with exceptions of course. I sit on a lot of boards. I don’t have to watch Saturday Night Live anymore; I just go to the board meetings.”