Carl Icahn, who launched a proxy battle at Illumina earlier this month, wants to bring former CEO Jay Flatley back to the role "immediately," The Wall Street Journal’s David Wainer reports. In an interview, Icahn, who didn’t whether he has been in contact with the former CEO about the idea, says "He obviously knows the company and did a good job with it." Flatley led the company between 1999-2016 and is credited with transforming Illumina into the leading global maker of gene sequencing products, the report notes. Reference Link
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