corporate raider

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corporate raider (plural corporate raiders)

  1. One who carries out corporate raids.
    • 2023 May 28, Antoine Gara, “A star corporate raider brought down to earth”, in FT Weekend, page 9:
      He [Carl Icahn] ruthlessly sold TWA assets for cash, and battled unions, earning a reputation as a “corporate raider”. The episode help inspire the character Gordon Gekko in the film Wall Street.