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Pershing Square Capital Management

Pershing Square Capital Management is an American hedge fund management company founded and run by Bill Ackman, headquartered in New York City.[3][4][5][6]

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2003 (2003)[1]

Increase US$18.5 billion (2022)[2]

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features Bill Ackman's economic activism in the $1 billion shorting of Herbalife Nutrition by Pershing in a positive light, highlighting the costly lengths to which the fund went in trying to prove the allegation that the multi-level marketing company was in fact a pyramid scheme.[67]

Betting on Zero

The "Drug Short" episode of shines a more doubtful light on Ackman's decision to double down on the fund's Valeant investments until the forced departure of former CEO Mike Pearson.[68]

Dirty Money

Pershing Square's investment ventures are featured in two financial documentaries.

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Cheffins, Brian R. (2014). "Hedge Fund Activism Canadian Style". University of British Columbia Law Review. 47 (1): 1-59) (Discussing Pershing Square's activities in Canada, and a unique cultural reluctance to support active value creation by ethical intervening shareholders).  2204294.

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Rojas, Claudio R. (2014). "An Indeterminate Theory of Canadian Corporate Law". University of British Columbia Law Review. 47 (1): 59-128 ("The author's perspective on Berkshire Hathaway's investment philosophy was informed by discussions with Warren Buffett in Omaha, Nebraska": pp. 59, 122-124).  2391775.

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Pershing Square Capital Management

Pershing Square Challenge

Ackman's Pershing Square takes big stakes in Freddie, Fannie

Ackman's Pershing Square Takes $1.2 Billion Hit

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