Bill Ackman: Building & Destroying a Finance Empire | Full Documentary

Bill Ackman has been beaten many times, in spite of this, his firm Pershing Square Capital is managing assets of almost 19 b USD, with only roughly 30 employees. Who is really behind the mask of a silver-haired hedge fund investor? Is Bill Ackman a failed successor version of Warren Buffett undergoing bug fixes? Or is he nothing more than a professional gambler that gets lucky sometimes?

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Chapter overview:
0:00 Bill Ackman Megalomania
2:24 Bill Ackman's upbringing & drive
6:12 The activist investor game
7.45 The Rockefeller Deal
13:25 Clash of Megalomaniacs: Carl Icahn vs Bill Ackman
16:50 The birth of Pershing Square Capital
19:45 Bill Ackman's largest battle: Herbalife
29:02 Valeant, McKinsey, and Martin Shkreli
33:42 The greatest trade of all time
38:41 Bill Ackman's Netflix disaster deal & learnings

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