Rank #391
William Ackman
Net worth $9.0B
Hedge funds · United States
- Born
- May 11, 1966
- Age
- 60
- Source
- Hedge funds
- 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
Net worth over time
Biography
- Bill Ackman founded and runs Pershing Square Capital Management, a hedge fund with $20 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 Properties.
- Pershing Square's stock portfolio is concentrated in 10 companies, including Chipotle, Uber and Amazon.
- Ackman is known for being outspoken, with more than 2 million followers on X. He endorsed Donald Trump in 2024 after decades of supporting Democrats.
- He publicly pressured Harvard to oust president Claudine Gay amid accusations of plagiarism and antisemitism until she resigned in January 2024.
- 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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