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Bill Ackman

  • Thursday, 30 April, 2026
    Due Diligence
    Private equity’s tempest in a teapot

    CVC and KKR are facing the prospect of extended ownership of food businesses they acquired from Unilever

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    Boxes of Lipton tea in various flavors and types arranged on supermarket shelves with price tags visible.
  • Wednesday, 29 April, 2026
    IPOs
    Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square USA slides on Wall Street debut

    Weak investor demand hits hedge fund chief’s scaled-back double offering

    Screens at the New York Stock Exchange show Pershing Square Inc. and Pershing Square USA trading data, including share prices and offering size, just after their IPOs.
  • Tuesday, 28 April, 2026
    US companies
    Bill Ackman hits lowest end of target in second IPO push

    The combined listings for Pershing Square have raised about $5bn after an initial range set as high as $10bn

    Bill Ackman speaks while wearing a suit and a headset microphone. His hand is raised mid-gesture.
  • Monday, 13 April, 2026
    FT Asset Management
    Bill Ackman plays to the market

    Plus, Nest’s private credit mandate, US small caps jump and Rothko in Florence

    Bill Ackman speaks while gesturing with his hand and wearing a headset microphone during the Milken Conference.
  • Thursday, 9 April, 2026
    Universal Music Group
    Bill Ackman tries to make music and money mix with €55bn Universal bid

    Billionaire hedge fund manager’s pursuit reignites debate about ‘financialisation’ of music industry

    Bill Ackman (centre right) and Lucian Grainge (centre left) are shown with Taylor Swift on the far left and Bad Bunny on the far right. The Universal logo appears above them with a background of euro notes.
  • Thursday, 9 April, 2026
    US companies
    Ackman in talks to launch fund to bet on investor complacency

    Strategy would echo doomsday trades that earned Pershing Square a big windfall during the pandemic

    Bill Ackman
  • Wednesday, 8 April, 2026
    Due Diligence
    Private equity’s secondaries magic

    Last year investors ploughed a record $166bn into the funds backing ageing assets

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    Lower Manhattan skyline featuring densely packed buildings, with One World Trade Center prominent in the background.
  • Tuesday, 7 April, 2026
    US companies
    Lex. Bill Ackman strikes a chord with Universal bid

    But financier needs the backing of Vincent Bolloré and his Vivendi media group

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    Taylor Swift and Billie Eilish pose together and smile at Billboard's Women In Music 2019 event in Los Angeles.
  • Friday, 20 March, 2026
    Hedge funds
    A bet on Bill Ackman’s new listing is complex

    The hedge fund manager is seeking to extend his Pershing Square portfolio in multiple vehicles

    Marc Rubinstein
    Bill Ackman gestures while speaking during an interview, seated in an office with framed photos in the background.
  • Tuesday, 10 March, 2026
    US companies
    Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square files for US IPO

    Listing of new closed-end fund on NYSE would hand backers shares in management company

    Bill Ackman looks to the side while attending the Milken Institute Global Conference.
  • Thursday, 15 January, 2026
    Due Diligence
    The billionaire tax revolt brewing from London to San Francisco

    A proposed tax referendum has Silicon Valley leaders making plans to leave the state

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    Gavin Newsom gestures while delivering the State of the State address at a podium in the California State Capitol.
  • Thursday, 18 December, 2025
    US companies
    Bill Ackman strikes $2.1bn deal for insurer in bid to build ‘modern Berkshire Hathaway’

    Hedge fund billionaire says acquisition of Vantage is milestone in effort to transform real estate company Howard Hughes

    Bill Ackman gestures with both hands while speaking during an interview, seated in an office with framed photos and a trophy behind him.
  • Friday, 21 November, 2025
    Pershing Square Capital Management LP
    Bill Ackman plots IPO of hedge fund Pershing Square in early 2026

    Billionaire investor seeking to take investment group public as early as the first quarter of next year

    Bill Ackman speaks on stage, gesturing with his hand while wearing a suit and tie against a blue background.
  • Wednesday, 15 October, 2025
    Zohran Mamdani
    Bill Ackman donates $1mn to oppose Zohran Mamdani’s NY mayoral campaign

    Hedge fund billionaire in last-ditch effort to stop democratic socialist frontrunner in race for city hall

    Zohran Mamdani gestures with both hands while speaking during a television interview, smiling.
  • Friday, 11 July, 2025
    Due Diligence
    Grand sham finals, Ackman edition

    Plus, newsroom hedge fund goes long and Revolut’s heady valuation

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    Bill Ackman competing in the Hall of Fame Open
  • Tuesday, 3 June, 2025
    Due Diligence
    Bill Ackman and John Paulson’s mortgage gamble

    Plus, BP’s Castrol auction and Panama Canal port buyers push for deal

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    Overhead view of homes in Teaneck, New Jersey,
  • Tuesday, 3 June, 2025
    US companies
    Lex. Ackman pushes Fannie and Freddie’s odd economics to the limit

    Freeing the mortgage finance titans from conservatorship would come with complex questions

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    Bill Ackman
  • Tuesday, 27 May, 2025
    Due Diligence
    Private equity’s recruiting mania

    Plus, credit rating agencies get into a spat and DD readers respond to Bill Ackman’s latest push to build a conglomerate

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    Commuters leave the Wall Street subway stop in New York City
  • Friday, 16 May, 2025
    FT News Briefing podcast12 min listen
    Can Bill Ackman create a Berkshire Hathaway rival?

    Hard-charging hedge fund boss faces steep hurdles in bid to emulate Warren Buffett

  • Thursday, 15 May, 2025
    Due Diligence
    Bill Ackman’s uphill Berkshire climb

    Plus, CATL sells shares to fuel global expansion and DHL teams up with Evri

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    Bill Ackman
  • Thursday, 15 May, 2025
    Property sector
    Can Bill Ackman create a ‘modern-day’ Berkshire Hathaway?

    Hard-charging hedge fund boss faces steep hurdles in bid to emulate Warren Buffett

    A montage of Bill Ackman with the logo of the Howard Hughes portfolio, the Ward Village planned community in Hawaii and the planned mixed-use development Summerlin Las Vegas
  • Wednesday, 7 May, 2025
    US companies
    Lex. Ackman pushes the envelope on creative executive pay

    Billionaire financier’s bid to emulate the Oracle of Omaha comes with some quirks

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    Bill Ackman, chief executive officer and portfolio manager at Pershing Square Capital Management
  • Monday, 5 May, 2025
    US companies
    Ackman completes quest to launch Berkshire Hathaway lookalike

    Financier assumes effective control of Howard Hughes and will shift its strategy to hunt for acquisitions

    Bill Ackman
  • Monday, 7 April, 2025
    Trump tariffs
    Bill Ackman’s main fund drops 15% this year as trade war hits holdings

    Billionaire’s Pershing Square Holdings bet on tariff-exposed stocks like Nike

    Bill Ackman
  • Saturday, 22 March, 2025
    Tennis
    Lex. Bill Ackman and Novak Djokovic show Big Tennis no love

    The pair argue that players are being short-changed by the game’s power brokers

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