CONFERENCE SPEAKERS
Bill Ackman
Chief Executive Officer & Portfolio Manager, Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P.
William Ackman is the CEO and Portfolio Manager of Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P., an SEC registered investment adviser founded in 2003. Pershing Square is a concentrated research-intensive fundamental value investor in long and occasionally short investments in the public markets.
Prior to forming Pershing Square, Mr. Ackman co-founded Gotham Partners Management Co., LLC, an investment adviser that managed public and private equity hedge fund portfolios. Prior to Gotham Partners, Mr. Ackman began his career in real estate investment banking at Ackman Brothers & Singer, Inc. Mr. Ackman received an MBA from the Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude from Harvard College.
In 2006, William and Karen Ackman founded The Pershing Square Foundation which supports exceptional leaders and innovative organizations that tackle important social issues.
Mr. Ackman's board memberships include Chairman of The Howard Hughes Corporation (NYSE: HHC) and Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. (NYSE: VRX). He is a member of the Board of Trustees at The Rockefeller University and the Board of Dean's Advisors of the Harvard Business School.
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