William Ackman
Activist Investor and Hedge-Fund Manager
William Ackman is founder and CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management. Formed in 2003, the hedge-fund has acquired significant shares in companies such as JC Penney, General Growth Properties, Fortune Bands and Kraft Foods. Ackman advocates strategies of "activist investing," the practice of using stock shares in publicly-traded companies to influence management practices in a way that benefits shareholder interests.

Learn to Invest and Start a Business in Under an Hour
William Ackman, the CEO of Pershing Square Capital, is here to tell you Everything You Need to Know About Finance and Investing — in less than an hour.
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Bill Ackman on the Psychology of Successful Investing
Bill Ackman describes the psychological profile of a successful investor
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Bill Ackman: Investing is Going to Be Important to You, Whether You Like It or Not
Activist investor, hedge-fund manager, and Floating University lecturer Bill Ackman explains the importance of investing over the long run.
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Bill Ackman: Invest in the Business You Can Own Forever
In this portion of his Floating University lecture, activist investor William Ackman talks about investing in the kind of company that you can own forever. In other words, what is […]
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William Ackman: The Psychology of Investing
To be a successful investor you have to be able to avoid some natural human tendencies to follow the herd. You have to have a stomach to withstand the volatility […]
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