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William Ackman

T3InvestorsDistressed debt, activism and special situations

Activist investor who also founded the Pershing Square Foundation and the SPAC Pershing Square Tontine Holdings; Bloomberg estimated his net worth at $8 billion in April 2026.

Pershing Square Capital ManagementGotham Partners

Wrote no book; his primary sources are Pershing Square Holdings' annual reports and the research presentations behind his activist campaigns, which are unusually complete for a hedge fund manager.

33 letters · 14 books they recommend · 25 appearances

Recommends 14Letters 33Appearances 25Profiles 1Links 5
Beating the StreetBeating the Street
T3 Beating the Street
Peter Lynch · 1993
Open LibraryGoodreads

Lynch's stock-by-stock walkthrough of how he picked them.

Also recommended by: Julian Robertson, Mohnish Pabrai and 2 others

Confidence GameConfidence Game
T4 Confidence Game
Christine S. Richard · 2010
Open LibraryGoodreads

Bill Ackman's six-year campaign against bond insurer MBIA, from 2002 to 2008.

Source: Books Ackman has named in interviews and talks

Also recommended by: Andrew Wilkinson

Fooling Some of the People All of the TimeFooling Some of the People All of the Time
T1 Fooling Some of the People All of the Time
David Einhorn · 2008
Open LibraryGoodreads

A six-year short of Allied Capital, and the SEC that investigated the short seller.

Source: Books Ackman has named in interviews and talks

Also recommended by: Patrick O'Shaughnessy

Margin of SafetyMargin of Safety
T2 Margin of Safety
Seth A. Klarman · 1991
Open LibraryGoodreads

Avoid permanent loss: buy well below value and aim for absolute returns.

Source: Books Ackman has named in interviews and talks

Also recommended by: Arnold Van Den Berg, Frank Martin, Guy Spier and 5 others

One Up On Wall StreetOne Up On Wall Street
T3 One Up On Wall Street
Peter Lynch · 1989
Open LibraryGoodreads

The amateur's edge argument from the Magellan record.

Also recommended by: David Rolfe, Francisco Garcia Parames and 8 others

Security AnalysisSecurity Analysis
T1 Security Analysis
Benjamin Graham · 1934
Open LibraryGoodreads

How to read financial statements sceptically and value bonds and stocks.

Also recommended by: Christopher Bloomstran, Howard Marks and 10 others

The Essays of Warren BuffettThe Essays of Warren Buffett
T2 The Essays of Warren Buffett
Warren Buffett · 1997
Open LibraryGoodreads

Berkshire's shareholder letters arranged by topic: governance, valuation, mergers.

Also recommended by: Christopher Bloomstran, Francois Rochon and 10 others

The Intelligent InvestorThe Intelligent Investor
T1 The Intelligent Investor
Benjamin Graham · 1949
Open LibraryGoodreads

Treat stocks as parts of businesses and buy only with a margin of safety.

Also recommended by: Benjamin Graham, Christopher Bloomstran and 26 others

The Warren Buffett WayThe Warren Buffett Way
T2 The Warren Buffett Way
Robert G. Hagstrom · 1994
Open LibraryGoodreads

Buffett's method as tests of the business, its managers, its finances and price.

Source: Books Ackman has named in interviews and talks

Also recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai, Howard Marks and 1 other

You Can Be a Stock Market GeniusYou Can Be a Stock Market Genius
T1 You Can Be a Stock Market Genius
Joel Greenblatt · 1997
Open LibraryGoodreads

Where to find mispriced stocks: spinoffs, mergers, bankruptcies and restructurings.

Source: Books Ackman has named in interviews and talks

Also recommended by: Dan Loeb, Guy Spier, Mohnish Pabrai and 5 others

Quality of EarningsQuality of Earnings
T1 Quality of Earnings
Thornton O'Glove · 1987
Open LibraryGoodreads

How to test whether reported earnings reflect reality, from tax books to receivables.

Also recommended by: Rational Capital Investment Fund

The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs andThe Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success
T3 The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success
William N. Thorndike · 2012
Open LibraryGoodreads

Eight CEOs who beat the market by allocating capital, not by running operations.

Also recommended by: Andrew Wilkinson, Dan Loeb, Francois Rochon and 11 others

Outlive: The Science and Art of LongevityOutlive: The Science and Art of Longevity
T4 Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity
Peter Attia · 2023
Open LibraryGoodreads

Also recommended by: Andrew Wilkinson, The Barefoot Investor

The 5 Types of Wealth
T4 The 5 Types of Wealth
Sahil Bloom
Goodreads

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