Where Does Carl Icahn Live in Florida? His Indian Creek Home and Sunny Isles Office

Where does Carl Icahn live? The investor lives on Indian Creek Island in Miami-Dade County, in a bayfront home he has owned far longer than most of his famous neighbors. He was on the island decades before Jeff Bezos, Tom Brady or Mark Zuckerberg arrived. In 2020 he went further than a second home. He moved his company, Icahn Enterprises, from Manhattan to an office tower in Sunny Isles Beach. Here is what reporting says about the house, the move, and what homes near him cost today.

Key takeaways

• Indian Creek Island, Miami-Dade County: the 300-acre private island village off Surfside with its own police and golf course.
• Reported purchase: Miami broker accounts and property records put his purchase in 1997 at about $7.5 million, on a lot of about 1.8 acres.
• The office: Icahn Enterprises leased about 23,500 square feet in Milton Tower, Sunny Isles Beach, in 2019 and moved in during 2020.
• Market near him: the island shows no active listings, while Sunny Isles Beach has about 1,344 listings with a median near $726,000.

Where does Carl Icahn live in Florida?

Indian Creek is a village of roughly 40 homes on a man-made island in Biscayne Bay. A private golf course covers the middle, and every house sits on the water. One bridge from Surfside leads in, and a village police force controls it. Fox Business described it in 2026 as a place you cannot get on without permission. The residents own the roads. Neighbors today include Bezos, Brady, Zuckerberg, Julio Iglesias, and Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner.

Icahn is the old hand. Brokers who work the island and public records place his purchase in 1997 at about $7.5 million. That price would not buy a teardown there now. The lot runs about 1.8 acres. He and his wife, Gail, have used it as their Florida base ever since. It was a winter home at first. Since 2020 it has been the main one. See the island on our Indian Creek page and the county on our Miami-Dade County page.

Inside the reported Indian Creek home

Public detail on the house itself is limited. It has not traded in nearly 30 years and has never had a public listing. Broker write-ups describe a home of about 14,000 square feet on the bay side of the island, with a dock and a pool. Those figures come from county records and older listings rather than from Icahn himself. He has not renovated on the scale of his newer neighbors, at least not in any way that has made the news.

He has bought and sold elsewhere in Miami Beach. The Real Deal reported in March 2020 that he sold a newly built home in Miami Beach. So he had a second local property during the years his office move was in the works. Pure Equity does not publish private addresses, so we name the island and the city only. What matters for a reader is the pattern: one long-held primary home on the island, plus occasional trades nearby.

Why Carl Icahn chose Miami

The house came first, in the 1990s, for the usual reasons: winter weather and water. The business move came much later and for a different reason. In 2019, Icahn told employees that Icahn Enterprises would leave the General Motors Building in Manhattan for Florida. Reports at the time said he offered staff a payment to relocate. The trigger was the 2017 federal tax law. It capped the deduction for state and local taxes, and that made New York far more expensive for high earners.

Florida has no state income tax. His income comes largely from investment gains. So the difference between New York and Miami runs into the tens of millions a year. He signed a lease of about 23,463 square feet on the 12th floor of Milton Tower in Sunny Isles Beach. The firm moved in during the first half of 2020. The Miami Herald later reported that Jared Kushner opened his own office in the same tower in 2021. Sunny Isles is about ten minutes north of the Indian Creek bridge.

The office choice says something too. Milton Tower is a mid-rise on Collins Avenue, not a trophy skyscraper. It sits among the condo towers of Sunny Isles, a few blocks from the beach. Staff can walk to lunch and to the water. Bezos, Brady and the rest of the island commute by car or boat to Brickell or Miami Beach. Icahn built his workday around a ten-minute drive. That is the kind of detail that shows a move was meant to last.

Where else does Carl Icahn live?

New York was home for most of his life. He grew up in Queens, built his firm in Manhattan, and for years kept an apartment there and a house in the Hamptons. After the 2020 move he described Florida as his residence, and the firm's filings list Sunny Isles Beach as its headquarters. He has not said publicly whether he sold the New York homes. So the honest answer is that Indian Creek is the primary home and New York is the place he still visits for business.

The move made him one of the first big Wall Street names to relocate a whole firm to South Florida. Others followed during and after the pandemic. Sunny Isles, Aventura and Brickell all picked up hedge fund and private equity offices. Where does Carl Icahn live in the summer? Reports do not say, though the island stays busy year-round now that so many owners are full-time residents.

What homes near Carl Icahn cost

Indian Creek does not trade in the open. Our MLS feed as of September 2026 shows zero active listings on the island, and Fox Business reported that more than half of the sales there happen off-market. The record is Zuckerberg's reported $170 million purchase in early 2026. For public numbers, look at the towns around it. Sunny Isles Beach, where his office sits, has about 1,344 active listings, nearly all condos, with a median asking price near $726,000.

Bal Harbour, across the bridge, has about 155 listings and a median near $2.7 million. Golden Beach is the closest thing to Indian Creek on the mainland. It has about 28 listings and a median near $21.9 million, since it is a small town of houses on the ocean and the Intracoastal. Our waterfront homes hub covers estates like these across the county. Our oceanfront condos page covers the Sunny Isles towers. The top tier of both is on our luxury homes page.

Frequently asked questions

Where does Carl Icahn live now?

He lives on Indian Creek Island in Miami-Dade County. He has owned the home since the late 1990s and made it his primary residence around 2020, when his firm moved to Florida.

Where in Miami does Carl Icahn live?

On Indian Creek Island, the private village between Surfside and Bay Harbor Islands. We do not publish the lot or house number. His office is in Sunny Isles Beach, a short drive north on Collins Avenue.

Where does Carl Icahn live full time?

Florida is the full-time home. He said as much when he moved Icahn Enterprises out of New York in 2020. He still has business ties in Manhattan but no longer calls it home.

How much did Carl Icahn pay for the Indian Creek home?

About $7.5 million in 1997, according to Miami broker accounts and property records. That is a fraction of what the island commands today, where recent sales have run from $68 million to $170 million.

Why did Carl Icahn move his company to Florida?

Taxes, by his own account. The 2017 federal tax law made New York state and city taxes far more costly for high earners. Florida has no income tax. He told employees in 2019 and moved in 2020.

Can you buy a home on Indian Creek?

Only rarely, and usually through a private deal. About 40 homes exist, and owners tend to sell to people they know. An agent with island contacts is the practical route. Expect a wait, since years can pass between sales, and expect the price to start well above $50 million.

Do you own a home in Sunny Isles Beach, Bal Harbour or anywhere else in Miami-Dade County? Then get a free home valuation from Pure Equity and learn what it is worth today. Buyers can browse Sunny Isles Beach listings or see luxury homes across South Florida. For his island neighbors, read where Jeff Bezos lives and where Jared Kushner lives, who works in the same Sunny Isles tower.

Sources

• Fox Business, inside Miami's Indian Creek Village, where billionaires buy ultimate security (March 2026)
• AMG Realty, billionaire Carl Icahn relocates headquarters to Sunny Isles Beach
• Miami Herald, Jared Kushner opens office in same Sunny Isles Beach tower as Carl Icahn
• The Real Deal, Carl Icahn sells newly built Miami Beach home

Based on publicly reported information; details may change and are not independently verified by Pure Equity. We do not publish private addresses.