Bill Ackman

Bill Ackman prepares for 2026 Pershing Square IPO: Report

Bill Ackman, 59, made a name for himself as an activist investor with an outsize presence on social media and a willingness to take concentrated positions in a relatively small roster of stocks

Bill Ackman says now isn’t time for US to sell Fannie, Freddie

Bill Ackman said that the US should re-list the companies on the NYSE, which would be possible if the preferred shares were deemed to be repaid.

CEO tries out billionaire investor Bill Ackman’s viral ‘May I meet you’ dating tip. What happened next

Bill Ackman wrote that in his youth, he would ask, 'May I meet you?' before starting a conversation. According to him, the phrase 'almost never got a no' and opened doors to meeting 'really interesting people'.

Billionaire investor Bill Ackman urges tariff pause in US-China trade war: 'More time that goes by, worse it will get for China'

Ackman suggests that time is of the essence because even if high tariffs are currently pressuring American businesses, a strategic pause would shift the time advantage to the United States.

Bill Ackman says time is friend of US, enemy of China in trade war

Bill Ackman said Beijing 'should be highly incentivized to make a trade deal as quickly as possible'

Bill Ackman supports Trump’s tariff strategy, urges 90-day pause to aid small US businesses

Ackman praised Trump’s decision to launch new tariffs, saying it sent a strong message to global trading partners and demonstrated a commitment to confronting unfair trade practices. He noted that several countries are now moving to negotiate with the US as a result

Bill Ackman calls out triple-levered ETFs, zero-day options boom

Ackman wrote that such instruments, and the overuse of leverage in general — could be a danger to the health of financial markets.

Trump's tariffs an 'economic nuclear war' that must be paused, says Bill Ackman, seeking a 'time out'

The billionaire investor Bill Ackman pointed out that during a markets meltdown, investment and consumption suffers and businesses stop investments.

Bill Ackman on why a pause is necessary before Trump's new tariffs kick in

"The risk of not doing so is that the massive increase in uncertainty drives the economy into a recession, potentially a severe one. One thing is for sure. Monday will be one of the more interesting days in our country’s economic history," read his tweet.

Ross Gerber, Garry Kasparov slam Bill Ackman over defence of Trump’s trade war strategy

The criticism followed Ackman’s post on X (formerly Twitter), in which he suggested that Trump’s strategy of appearing 'crazy' during negotiations was a calculated move. 'Sometimes the best negotiating strategy is to make your counterparty believe you are crazy. It can be very effective in motivating a settlement,' Bill Ackman wrote, referring to Trump’s trade policy decisions.

Bill Ackman says Trump's tariff threat needs to be 'properly understood', markets 'should be up not down'

Ackman said Trump will use tariffs to 'achieve economic and political outcomes' that are in the interest of America.

World Street | Fed signals Sept rate cut; Boeing's new CEO; Bill Ackman's IPO U-turn; Microsoft cloud woes and more

From Federal Reserve rate cuts and Boeing's new CEO to Bill Ackman's IPO reversal and Microsoft's cloud performance issues, here's a look at recent business developments around the world.

World Street | Nvidia slump continues; Ackman’s IPO stumbles; Starbucks revenue miss; Samsung’s record earnings and more

From Nvidia’s stock plunge and Ackman’s scaled-back IPO to Starbucks' revenue miss and Samsung's record earnings, here's a look at recent business developments around the world.

World Street | Bill Ackman's fresh fund, BYD's EU bid, Tesla falters, Powell hints at possible cuts and more

From BYD's European plans to Fed Chair Powell hinting at possible interest rate cuts, here's a look at some of the major developments from across the world.

Bill Ackman's Pershing Square sells 10% stake for $1.05 billion

About $500 million of the money raised will anchor Ackman's new investment portfolio in the United States, which will be listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

Billionaire investor Ackman is planning IPO of Pershing Square: Report

As a precursor to a public listing, Ackman is selling a stake in Pershing Square to investors in a funding round expected to value the firm at around $10.5 billion, the report, opens new tab said, adding the deal is expected to close in the coming days.

Bill Ackman calls out antisemitism at alma mater Harvard, foresees funding crunch

Ackman said many Jewish students felt the need to remove their mezuzahs, yarmulkes, Stars of David, and other overt evidence of their religion and heritage on campus and in Cambridge to avoid being exposed to discrimination and bullying

‘Too much risk in the world’: Bill Ackman's bond bet reversal roils treasury markets

Just as 10-year Treasury bonds reached their lowest point since 2007, Bill Ackman announced that his firm covered their short on bonds.

'100% in support of free speech, but…': Bill Ackman on not hiring pro-Hamas Harvard students

A few Harvard student organisations put out a statement putting the blame of the attack on Israel

Bill Ackman Interested in a Deal to Take Elon Musk’s X Public

“I have a lot of respect for Musk,” Ackman said in the television interview. “I think Twitter is a really important platform. He’s made tremendous improvements to the platform and I think it’s a unique, very difficult to disrupt kind of asset and one that could grow into different lines of business.”