Keith Meister

Keith Meister worked closely with Carl Icahn at Icahn Capital from 2003 to 2011, becoming one of his most trusted lieutenants and learning the activist trade from one of its masters. In 2011, he founded Corvex Management, a New York-based hedge fund that pursues event-driven and activist strategies with concentrated portfolios. Corvex has taken significant positions in companies including Williams Companies, Cablevision, Hertz, and CommonSpirit Health. Meister is known for working constructively with management in some cases while aggressively pushing for strategic changes in others. His background with Icahn gave him deep experience in capital structure optimization, board negotiation, and identifying companies with significant gap between intrinsic value and market price. Corvex's investment process integrates fundamental research, capital structure analysis, and governance evaluation, allowing Meister to identify situations where a combination of strategic, financial, and governance improvements can unlock value across a variety of industries.