Bill Ackman SPARC Chairman & CEO
PSCM Founder & CEO
Bill Ackman has served as the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P. (“Pershing Square”) since its founding in 2003, and as Chairman of the board of directors of Pershing Square Holdco GP, LLC since June 2024. He has served as Executive Chairman of the board of directors of Howard Hughes Holdings Inc. (“HHH”) since May 2025. Prior to founding Pershing Square, Mr. Ackman co-founded and co-managed Gotham Partners Management Co., LLC (“Gotham Partners”), an investment adviser that managed public and private equity hedge fund portfolios, until 2003.
Prior to forming Gotham Partners, Mr. Ackman was a principal with Ackman Brothers & Singer, Inc., now known as the Ackman Ziff Real Estate Group, where he arranged and structured equity and debt financing for real estate investors and developers. Mr. Ackman also serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Pershing Square SPARC Holdings, Ltd. He is co-trustee of The Pershing Square Foundation, part of Pershing Square Philanthropies, which he founded in 2006 to bet on innovative leaders solving humanity’s big societal, environmental, and health challenges.
Mr. Ackman previously served as Chairman of the Board of HHH, as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Pershing Square Tontine Holdings, Ltd and as a member of the board of directors of Universal Music Group N.V.
Mr. Ackman received a Master in Business Administration from the Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude from Harvard College.