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17 quotes by Bill Ackman

Bill Ackman Born William A. Ackman (1966-05-11) May 11, 1966 (age 48) Nationality United States Alma mater Harvard College Harvard Business School Occupation CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management Director of Canadian Pacific Railway Net worth US$1.69 billion (November 2014) Spouse(s) Karen Ann Herskovitz (1994–present) Children 3 Parents Lawrence Ackman (father) William A. "Bill" Ackman (born May 11, 1966) is an American...
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I am always prepared to do the right thing regardless of what other people think.

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If I believe that I am right, I will take it to the end of the earth until I am proven right.

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Experience is making mistakes and learning from them.

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I love what I do. I don't do it for the money. I work on behalf of investors that I like and want to do well for. I'm a competitive person.

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I'm an extremely, extremely persistent person. Extremely. And when I believe I am right, and it is important, I will go to the end of the earth.

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Herbalife: the customers are fictitious, the business opportunity is a scam, the university degree is a fraud.

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The President is the CEO of this business that we call America.

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I think the hedge-fund industry has taken a reputational turn for the worse, this dog-eat-dog stuff. I'm not just talking about Herbalife or J.... →

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I'm not emotional about investments. Investing is something where you have to be purely rational and not let emotion affect your decision making... →

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If you think of the typical Herbalife distributor and their level of sophistication, to this day I still don't understand the marketing plan -... →

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I was a little bit of a cocky kid.

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I think good private equity investors create a lot more economic value than they destroy.

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If you look at the great frauds of all time, Enron had that phantom trading floor. What Herbalife has is it has phantom or fictitious customers.

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