From the Editor
- Bill Ackman founded and runs Pershing Square Capital Management, a hedge fund with $16 billion in assets under management.
- Ackman created Pershing Square in 2004 and rose to fame for his short of bond insurer MBIA and his rescue of mall operator General Growth.
- Pershing Square's stock portfolio is concentrated in just seven companies, including Chipotle, Hilton and Google parent Alphabet.
- Ackman is outspoken with more than 1 million followers on X, where he often supports polarizing figures like Vivek Ramaswamy and Robert F. Kennedy.
- He publicly pressured Harvard to oust president Claudine Gay amid accusations of plagiarism and antisemitism until she resigned in January 2024.
Wealth History
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Forbes Lists
#4
Hedge Fund Managers (2015)Dropped off in 2016
Personal Stats
- Age
- 58
- Source of Wealth
- Hedge funds, Self Made
- Residence
- New York, New York
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital Status
- Married
- Children
- 3
- Education
- Master of Business Administration, Harvard Business School; Bachelor of Arts/Science, Harvard University
Did you know
Ackman's Pershing Square Foundation has committed some $500 million to causes like the Innocence Project, Human Rights Watch and Teach For America.
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