Bill Ackman founded Pershing Square Capital Management ... Fellow activist investor Carl Icahn took the opposite stance on Herbalife. He began building a long position in the company, eventually ...

Over the last two quarters, Ackman has built two new significant positions for Pershing Square -- Nike ( NKE 3.06%) and ...

Ackman and Icahn squared off over Herbalife in the best moment in financial ... He and his wife also joined Warren Buffett and Bill Gates in the Giving Pledge committing at least half of their ...

Bill Ackman is accustomed to institutions bending ... But it was his disastrous $1 billion short of Herbalife that will always haunt his reputation. In 2012, Ackman took a short position against ...

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Bill Ackman is the founder and CEO of Pershing ... In 2012, Pershing Square took a short position in nutritional supplement company Herbalife (HLF), with Ackman saying that the multilevel ...

One closely watched hedge fund manager is Bill Ackman, who has made a name for himself by making concentrated bets as the head of Pershing Square Capital Management. There's one business in ...

He has blamed Carl Icahn for causing him to lose money shorting Herbalife after the Wall Street legend bought shares in the multilevel-marketing company and boosted its stock price following a ...

Bill Ackman is happy to buy stocks when he believes they're on sale, and he holds them until their prices reflect what he believes are their true values. That could be a few months or it could be ...