William Ackman
Founder, CEO, Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P.
$9.14B
$6.1M (0.1%)
as of 12/10/24
About William Ackman
Bill Ackman founded and runs Pershing Square Capital Management, a hedge fund with $15 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 seven companies, including Chipotle, Hilton and Google parent Alphabet.
Ackman is known for being outspoken, with more than 1 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.
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Citizenship
United States of AmericaSource of wealth
Hedge fundsResidence
New York, New YorkMarital status
MarriedBirth date
05/11/66 (age 58)Number of children
3Education
Master of Business Administration, Harvard Business School; Bachelor of Arts/Science, Harvard UniversitySelf-made
self-madeWilliam Ackman’s fortune is worth
152K
troy ounces of gold
141K
median U.S. household
91K
median U.S. income
0.183%
U.S. credit card volume
0.037%
GDP of the United States
0.027%
United States debt
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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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