William Ackman
Bill Ackman runs hedge fund Pershing Square Capital, which he started in 2003 following the dissolution of Gotham Partners.
Ackman is a value investor with an activist bent. Activist investors agitate management for changes. He owns large positions in Target (NYSE: TGT) and Borders (NYSE: BGP). He has also been involved in activist situations at Wendy's (NYSE: WEN) and McDonald's (NYSE: MCD).
Ackman proved his acumen as a short seller in 2007/2008 as short positions he held in MBIA (NYSE: MBI) and Ambac (NYSE: ABK) proved to be big winners due to the credit crunch.
In July 2008, Ackman said he was short the common stock of Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM) and Freddie Mac (NYSE: FRE). Ackman also laid out a plan to reorganize the GSEs, which would wipe out the common shareholders.
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Pershing Square Holdings, Ltd. Releases Monthly Net Asset Value and Performance Report for April 2015, Announces First Quarter 2015 Investor Call, And Provides Presentation from 2015 Sohn Investment C
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CSX Corp. (CSX) Falls on Ackman Comments
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Bill Ackman said he's NOT going to talk about CSX Corp. (CSX)
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Zoetis (ZTS) Has Great 'Stand Alone' Value - Ackman
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Ackman '100% Confident' in his Herbalife (HLF) Short Thesis
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CSX (CSX) Gains Ahead of Sohn Conference as Ackman Chatter Grows Louder
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MD Insider Accelerates Growth with $9.5 Million in Series A Funding
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UBS Thinks Bill Ackman Could Be Accumulating CSX Corp. (CSX)
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Gilead Sciences (GILD) Rumors Surface Following Bernstein Report
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Howard Marks to make Midwest Investment Conference appearance May 13th
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Rate Hike May Not Come for Year and a Half, Druckenmiller Says; Doesn't See Contagion with 'Grexit'
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Relationship Science Announces Appointment of Technology Leader Jon Robson as CEO
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Herbalife Responds To Statements Made Today by Bill Ackman at Investor Summit in New York
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Herbalife (HLF) Active Early; Top Members Said to Come Under Questioning from Federal Officials
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IBM (IBM) Taps Investment Banks to Aid in Defending Against Activist Investors
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RiverPark Launches RiverPark Focused Value Fund
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Bill Ackman Working 'Constructively' with Zoetis (ZTS) - Bloomberg
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Zoetis (ZTS) Off Lows as Ackman to Discuss Acquisitions/JVs with Valeant (VRX)
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Herbalife (HLF) Plans Million Dollar Ad Campaign to Bolster Image - FBN
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Sohn Investment Idea Contest Kicks Off Ahead of 20th Annual Sohn Investment Conference
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Herbalife (HLF) Suit Dismissal Doesn't Exonerate Practices, Says Pershing Square
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Pershing Square Corrects Inaccurate Press Reports
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CREW Calls on Congress to Investigate Short Sellers Influencing Government to Maximize Profit
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Lawyers to Pocket $5.25 Million in Unfair Herbalife Settlement; Consumer Group TINA.org Objecting
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World's Leading Investors to Unveil New Ideas at 20th Annual Sohn Investment Conference
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Global Strategy Group Not Under Investigation Related to Government Herbalife (HLF) Probe - Forbes
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Pershing Square's Letter to Investors Related to WSJ Article on Herbalife (HLF)
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Pershing Square Responds to The Wall Street Journal Herbalife Article
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Herbalife (HLF) Shows Early Gains; Ackman-Related Associates Questioned by FBI
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Herbalife Responds to News Reports That Individuals Involved in the Campaign Orchestrated by Bill Ackman Are under Criminal Investigation
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Noted Short Sellers Get Long Lumber Liquidators (LL), While Others Dig In
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Zoetis (ZTS) Gains on Ackman Valeant News
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Big Banks Next: Data Behind Company Spinoffs Reveals Value Creation, finds The Edge and Deloitte
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UPDATE: NRG Energy (NRG) a short pick by Bill Ackman - ValueWalk
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Muddy Waters' Carson Block Gets Long France's Bollore; Calls 'Carl Icahn of France'
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'JCPenney (JCP) is probably the worst investment I've made' - Ackman
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Whole Foods Market (WFM) Sees Mid-Day Weakness on Chatter
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UPDATE: Zoetis (ZTS) Active; Ackman Said to Push for Board Seats
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UPDATE: IBM (IBM) Gains Amid Chatter
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Pershing Square's Ackman Joins List of Top 20 All-Time Best Hedge Fund Managers
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Ackman's Pershing Square Capital Names High-Power Lawyer Stephen Fraidin as Vice Chairman
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Bill Ackman Discusses Tesco PLC, Restaurant Brands (QSR), McDonald's (MCD), Oil and More with Bloomberg
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Ackman Tries to Rally Hispanic Community Against Herbalife (HLF) in Latest Presentation
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Herbalife (HLF) Seeks Stock Manipulation Charges Against Ackman - FBN
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Ackman's Pershing Square Foundation Makes $10M Donation to TheDream.US

