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I took out this line "The Fund had 40%+ returns over the past ______"
the blank should not be on wiki page.
if someone can fill in the blank, sure put it back, but until then it should not be here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.216.86.52 (talk) 04:45, 12 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Gotham Partners Is Actively Changing Some of the Content
I am reverting edits in the main article that originate from Gotham Partners as they are part of the subject of this article... Additionally, their edits are unproductive and are designed to remove content that is pertinent from the topic... The culprit(s) are at the IP address below...
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A tag has been placed on William Ackman requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A1 & A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a very short article providing little or no context to the reader. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles.
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The speedy deletion request has been reinstated. There are plenty of news articles relating to William Ackman, but the importance of him and his companies success and failures are of disputable value to society and Wikipedia. If you disagree, please discuss further here and place the {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag)You Talkin' to Me??? (talk) 14:49, 10 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
removed twice, by different eds, including myself as reviewing administrator. Considering the size of the business, he seems clearly notable-- and there are good sources. Er go by the sources. A claim that the business is not useful to society is irrelevant entirely. I refer to your talk page, where it seems you have been editing from a non-neutral POV. DGG ( talk ) 15:31, 10 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I have to say that that this is definitely an important article and should not be deleted. I do think though that it needs to be expanded to included his attempted takeover of Target Corp. Neosiber (talk) 18:38, 15 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Question
Is Bill Ackman jewish? His last name is scottish. I noticed he is involved in the jewish community. Did he convert or did his family change their name? More curious than anything as my last name is close to his and am trying to trace it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.250.126.246 (talk) 18:47, 3 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I just now moved some information from "personal life" which treated solely the subjects activities in the philanthropic sector, and in so doing indeed expanded the size of that section on this page. After reviewing it I am of the opinion that it is unnecessarily long and that much of the specific information can be summarized. Some of the donations are notable, given their coverage in mainstream outlets, but many of them are not particularly notable as evidenced by the sources provided (PRnewswire, various other non-independent sources, etc.), so I don't think it should be an issue. I am just announcing my intentions here in case such a change should cause any distress or arouse disagreement among any other active editors of this page. TheSoundAndTheFury (talk) 23:50, 4 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Nothing yet about the rather spectacular televised brawl between this fellow and Carl Icahn on CNBC?
Herbalife criticism section
This is a one-sided title and section and not representative of the news that comes out every day. It should be more like Herbalife or Hebalife Short or Position and show the opposing views from reliable sources. --OnceaMetro (talk) 15:57, 27 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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His amount of credit protections against his bets against the markets are unknown.
The premiums paid and comission costs amounted $27 million. Not the credit protections!!! TobiOne007 (talk) 15:35, 31 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@Deltagammaz: Several months ago you added the following sentence to the “Personal life” section.
In late 2019, emails obtained by The Boston Globe showed Ackman attempting to cover up his wife's involvement with MIT Media Lab donations received from Jeffrey Epstein.
To say Ackman attempted to cover up his wife’s involvement is a misrepresentation of the information contained in the supporting citations. None of the four citations use the words “cover up.” I am requesting a revision of that sentence to more accurately reflect the cited sources.
In late 2019, emails obtained by The Boston Globe showed Ackman requested that the former MIT Media Lab director avoid naming his wife when discussing Jeffrey Epstein.”
@NinaSpezz: I disagree. The emails were very clear. Lets define "cover up":
Merriam webster defines cover-up as: a usually concerted effort to keep an illegal or unethical act or situation from being made public
The emails show Ackman trying to do just that, cover up. Neri received a large donation from Jeffrey Epstein in 2015, years after he was a registered sex offender and convicted of pedophilia. I would consider that unethical behavior. When journalists learned of those donations and other associated connections between Neri and Epstein Ackman attempted to cover up his wife's involvement by coaching the Lab director on what to say (not to use Neri's name) and had his legal and comms teams help. If that's not covering up I don't know what is.
I am willing to meet in the middle on this... how about something along the lines of?:
In late 2019, emails obtained by The Boston Globe showed Ackman requesting that the then MIT Media Lab director avoid naming his wife (Neri Oxman) when responding to press inquiries about a $125k gift given to her lab in 2015 by Jeffrey Epstein.
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I work for Rubenstein and on behalf of Bill Ackman and Pershing Square Capital Management, I would like to flag that the citation used in the intro paragraph[1] does not support this sentence:
Ackman is considered by some to be a contrarian investor but considers himself an activist investor.
The Reuters article makes no mention of contrarian investing or the kind of investor Ackman considers himself.
The investment style section of this page notes:
Research published at the University of Oxford characterizes Ackman's activities with Canadian Pacific Railway as paradigmatic of "engaged activism," which is longer-term in nature with correlated benefits to the real economy, and distinct from shorter-term "financial activism.”[2]
I am requesting a rewording of the intro paragraph sentence to say:
Ackman is considered an engaged activist investor, which is long-term in nature.[2]
^O'Donnell, Carl; Herbst-Bayliss, Svea (23 November 2015). "Ackman boosts stake in drugmaker Valeant". New York, N.Y., United States: Reuters. Thompson Reuters. Archived from the original on November 10, 2019. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
^ abRojas, Claudio. "Eclipse of the Public Corporation Revisited: Concentrated Equity Ownership Theory". The University of Oxford. Archived from the original on August 5, 2019. Retrieved June 27, 2017. ("A common misconception, that all shareholder activists are focused on short-term returns, is rooted in an antiquated phase in US capital markets history – particularly, the highly opportunistic transactions of 1980's 'corporate raiders'. In recent years, however, shareholder activism has noticeably shifted towards longer-term value creation".)