Bill Ackman

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Wiki: William Albert Ackman is an American billionaire investor and hedge fund manager. He is the founder and CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management, a hedge fund management company. His investment approach makes him an activist investor. As of 2023, Ackman's net worth was estimated at $3.4 billion by Forbes.

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William A. Ackman, CEO and Portfolio Manager of Pershing Square Capital Management L.P.

"In Conversation with Bill Ackman." Via webinar held on Sunday, May 23, 2021

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Most Heated Exchanges: Hedge Fund Giant Bill Ackman And Investor Carl Icahn Square Off | CNBC

In 2013, Hedge Fund Giant Bill Ackman and investor Carl Icahn squared off live on CNBC. » Subscribe to CNBC: http://cnb.cx/SubscribeCNBC About CNBC: From 'Wall Street' to 'Main Street' to award winning original documentaries and Reality TV series, CNBC has you covered. Experience special sneak peeks of your favorite shows, exclusive video and more. Connect with CNBC News Online Get the latest news: http://www.cnbc.com/ Find CNBC News on Facebook: http://cnb.cx/LikeCNBC Follow CNBC News on Twitter: http://cnb.cx/FollowCNBC Follow CNBC News on Google+: http://cnb.cx/PlusCNBC Follow CNBC News on Instagram: http://cnb.cx/InstagramCNBC Most Heated Exchanges: Hedge Fund Giant Bill Ackman And Investor Carl Icahn Square Off | CNBC

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Webinar with Bill Ackman, CEO & Portfolio Manager, Pershing Square Capital

Webinar with Bill Ackman, CEO & Portfolio Manager, Pershing Square Capital hosted by the HBS Club of San Diego. Recorded on September 22, 2020. To attend a future event, please visit our website at www.HBSSanDiego.org.

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Ackman, Rubenstein on Markets, Money and More

Jun.22 -- Bill Ackman, Founder and Portfolio Manager of Pershing Square Capital Management, sits down David Rubenstein, Co-Founder and Co-Executive Chairman of The Carlyle Group, for a wide-ranging conversation on the state of the markets and the next big bet.

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Bill Ackman: Free Cashflow is All You Should Care About

William "Bill" Ackman gives his investment advice for how he buys businesses and gives the example that it is all about free cashflow. Best Investment Books: Intelligent Investor by Ben Graham: https://amzn.to/2QkcML4 Common Sense Investing by Jack Bogle: https://amzn.to/2trD2u3 Mastering the Market Cycle by Howard Marks: https://amzn.to/2sJXtm1 Poor Charlie's Almanack by Peter Kaufman: https://amzn.to/2ZLTJfY Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need by Andrew Tobias : https://amzn.to/39Di0Jx WeBull Brokerage Sign up: (2 Free Stocks when you sign up w/ link): https://act.webull.com/promotion/invitation/share.html?inviteCode=BOID6FZUBmF2 Robinhood Referral Link: (Free Stock) http://join.robinhood.com/brianc965 M1 Finance Referral Link: (Get $20 to invest) https://mbsy.co/DDgwl Email (business inquires): investortalk562@gmail.com Some links may be affiliate links. We may get paid if you buy something using these amazon links, full disclosure. We use these funds to help provide excellent content on the channel, thank you! DISCLAIMER: The videos and content on this channel are for informational purposes only, you should not construe any such information or other material as legal, tax, investment, financial, or other advice. Nothing contained on our channel constitutes a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement, or offer by "Investor Talk" or any third party to buy or sell any securities or other financial instruments in this or in in any other jurisdiction in which such solicitation or offer would be unlawful under the securities laws of such jurisdiction.

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William Ackman: Everything You Need to Know About Finance and Investing in Under an Hour | Big Think

Everything You Need to Know About Finance and Investing in Under an Hour Watch the newest video from Big Think: https://bigth.ink/NewVideo Join Big Think Edge for exclusive videos: https://bigth.ink/Edge ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Ackman is one of the top investors in the world, and he's said that he's aiming to have "one of the greatest investment track records of all time." As the CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management, the hedge fund he founded, he oversees $19 billion in assets. But before he became one of the elite, he learned the basics of investing in his early 20s. This Big Think video is aimed at young professionals just starting out, as well as those who are more experienced but lack a financial background. Ackman takes viewers through the founding of a lemonade stand to teach the basics, explaining how investors pay for equity, a word interchangeable with "stock." In the example, the owner starts with $750, with $250 of that coming from a loan. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WILLIAM ACKMAN: 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TRANSCRIPT: Hi, I'm Bill Ackman. I'm the CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management and I'm here today to talk to you about everything you need to know about finance and investing and I'm going to get it done in an hour and you’ll be ready to go. How to Start and Grow a Business So let’s begin. We’re going to go into business together. We’re going to start a company and we’re going to start a lemonade stand and now I don’t have any money today, so I'm going to have to raise money from investors to launch the business. So how am I going to do that? Well I'm going to form a corporation. That is a little filing that you make with the State and you come up with a name for a business. We’ll call it Bill’s Lemonade Stand and we’re going to raise money from outside investors. We need a little money to get started, so we’re going to start our business with 1,000 shares of stock. We just made up that number and we’re going to sell 500 shares more for a $1 each to an investor. The investor is going to put up $500. We’re going to put up the name and the idea. We’re going to have 1,000 shares. He is going to have 500 shares. He is going to own a third of the business for his $500. So what is our business worth at the start? Well it’s worth $1,500. We have $500 in the bank plus $1,000 because I came up with the idea for the company. Now I'm going to need a little more than $500, so what am I going to do? I'm going to borrow some money. I'm going to borrow from a friend and he’s going to lend me $250 and we’re going to pay him 10% interest a year for that loan. Now why do we borrow money instead of just selling more stock? Well by borrowing money we keep more of the stock for ourselves, so if the business is successful we’re going to end up with a bigger percentage of the profits. So now we’re going to take a look at what the business looks like on a piece of paper. We’re going to look at something called a balance sheet and a balance sheet tells you where the company stands, what your assets are, what your liabilities are and what your net worth or shareholder equity is. If you take your assets, in this case we’ve raised $500. We also have what is called goodwill because we’ve said the business—in exchange for the $500 the person who put up the money only got a third of the business. The other two-thirds is owned by us for starting the company. That is $1,000 of goodwill for the business. We borrowed $250. We’re going to owe $250. That is a liability. So we have $500 in cash from selling stock, $250 from raising debt and we owe a $250 loan and we have a corporation that has, and you’ll see on the chart, shareholders’ equity of $1,500, so that’s our starting point. Now let’s keep moving. What do we need to do to start our company? We need a lemonade stand. That’s going to cost us about $300. That is called a fixed asset. Unlike lemon or sugar or water this is something like a building that you buy and you build it. It wears out over time, but it’s a fixed asset. And then you need some inventory. What do you need to make lemonade? You need sugar. You need water. You need lemons... Read the full transcript at https://bigthink.com/videos/learn-to-invest-and-start-a-business-in-under-an-hour

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