How to Lose $20 billion or What Happens when the Big Swinging Dicks of Finance Suffer a bad case of Blue Balls

The world of high finance has produced its share of giants - individuals who, through a mix of talent, risk-taking, and an unrelenting drive, have amassed vast fortunes and reshaped industries.

Carl Icahn, Ron Perelman, and Steve Schwarzman walk into a bank - except it’s more of a stumble for the first two. These guys were the original big swinging dicks of Wall Street, lording over hostile takeovers, debt-fuelled acquisitions, and private equity empires like it was a never-ending Monopoly game. But as we’ve learned, even the biggest egos even…