Billionaire and chairman of Icahn Enterprises, Carl Icahn was the man behind Apple’s share price increase. Icahn didn’t make a huge announcement, neither did Apple. All it took was a message that contained 140 or less characters of positive news.
The businessman tweeted this:
And sure enough, Apple’s stock price rose by almost 5% in less than two hours, closing at just under R4,800 per share. Icahn tweeted a follow up tweet:
The conversation between Icahn and Apple’s chief executive Tim Cook was confirmed by Apple. Apple said in a statement:
We appreciate the interest and investment of all our shareholders.Tim had a very positive conversation with Mr Icahn today.
It is reported that Icahn has shares in the company valued at over $1 billion
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