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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Over the last two quarters, Ackman has built two new significant positions for Pershing Square -- Nike ( NKE 3.06%) and ...
Hedge fund billionaire Bill Ackman, founder of $12 billion ... while his only short bet, Herbalife, has made gains. Ackman also announced on Wednesday that he had sold a big portion of his ...
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 ...