Born into a wealthy New York family, Bill Ackman has amassed a fortune estimated at more than $9 billion, according to Forbes. As he tries to buy The Woodlands-based Howard Hughes Holdings, here's ...

Shares of Howard Hughes Holdings jumped after hedge-fund manager Bill Ackman's firm offered to buy 11.8 million Howard Hughes ...

Billionaire investor Bill Ackman is once again flexing his political muscle — this time by publicly touting the New York mayoral candidacy of former hedge fund manager Whitney Tilson because “we don’t ...

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 ...

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) may see big gains with privatization. Find out why FMCC stock could be a ...

In late 2012, Bill Ackman started one of the more celebrated battles over corporate control, when he charged that the supplement company Herbalife Nutrition (HLF) was a pyramid scheme. Ackman ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

Pershing Square's Bill Ackman has a long-term investment in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, betting on their privatization and ...