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Founder and chief executive of Pershing Square Capital Management, the activist investment firm he started in 2004.

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3 dated positions, 2024, in their own words. Our reading of what Bill Ackman has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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  1. Our readingShareholder activism restored the balance of power between a company's owners and its managers, and that has been good for the US stock market.

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    Their wordsAnd what activism has done, and I think we've helped lead this movement, is it restored the balance of power between the owners of the business and the management of the company. And that's been a very good thing for the performance of the US stock market actually.

    ↗Bill Ackman: Investing, Financial Battles, Harvard, DEI, X & Free Speech | Lex Fridman Podcast #413youtube.com 13th of 22 in this recording

  3. Our readingThe DEI movement on campus comes out of a Marxist socialist way of looking at the world.

    Their wordsA friend of mine sent me Christopher Rufo's book, America's Cultural Revolution, which is sort of a sociological study of the origins of the DEI movement and critical race theory. I found it actually one of the more important books I've read and also I found it quite concerning. Ultimately, DEI comes out of a kind of Marxist socialist way to look at the world.

    ↗Bill Ackman: Investing, Financial Battles, Harvard, DEI, X & Free Speech | Lex Fridman Podcast #413youtube.com 18th of 22 in this recording

  5. Our readingAmerican defamation law protects the publisher rather than the person a story harms, and the incentives that follow are all wrong.

    Their wordsThe problem is the defamation law in the US is so favorable to the publisher, to the media, and so unfavorable to the victim. And the incentives are all wrong.

    ↗Bill Ackman: Investing, Financial Battles, Harvard, DEI, X & Free Speech | Lex Fridman Podcast #413youtube.com 21st of 22 in this recording