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Bill Ackman

CEO & Portfolio Manager, Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P.
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Biography

Bill Ackman is the CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P. which he founded in 2003. Mr. Ackman is a member of the board of Universal Music Group N.V. (NA:UMG).

He serves as a member of the Investor Advisory Committee on Financial Markets for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and a member of the Board of Dean’s Advisors of the Harvard Business School.

Mr. Ackman is co-trustee of The Pershing Square Foundation, part of Pershing Square Philanthropies, that bets on innovative leaders solving humanity’s big societal, environmental, and health challenges.