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Investments and Related Matters Investment Segment (Details) (Investment Segment [Member], USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2014
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]      
Fair value of equity method investment under fair value option $ 1us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentsFairValueDisclosure   $ 1us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentsFairValueDisclosure
Portion of trading gains that relates to trading securities still held 509us-gaap_TradingSecuritiesUnrealizedHoldingGainLoss 162us-gaap_TradingSecuritiesUnrealizedHoldingGainLoss  
Equity method investments [Member]      
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]      
Fair value option, recorded gains (losses) $ (1)us-gaap_FairValueOptionChangesInFairValueGainLoss1
/ us-gaap_InvestmentTypeAxis
= us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentsMember
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= iep_InvestmentSegmentMember
$ 1us-gaap_FairValueOptionChangesInFairValueGainLoss1
/ us-gaap_InvestmentTypeAxis
= us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentsMember
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= iep_InvestmentSegmentMember