Bill Ackman

Founder and CEO, Pershing Square Capital Management

Why you should listen

Bill Ackman is founder and CEO of the investment firm Pershing Square Capital Management and a storied activist investor. He is a member of the board of Universal Music Group and is co-trustee of The Pershing Square Foundation, a family foundation supporting those tackling important issues worldwide.

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Bill Ackman

An activist investor on challenging the status quo

Posted May 2024

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Provocateurs: Notes on Session 5 of TED2024

April 17, 2024

Bold ideas often meet resistance — but what if they were met with curiosity? Session 5 of TED2024 didn’t shy away from audacious ideas. Instead, it invited us all to embrace the discomfort of considering the impossible and unfamiliar, to find the courage to step into someone else’s shoes and assume goodness in those around […]