I want to have one of the great investment records of all time.
BILL ACKMANI want to have one of the great investment records of all time.
BILL ACKMANUltimately, investors are – are only as good as their track records.
BILL ACKMANI think good private equity investors create a lot more economic value than they destroy.
BILL ACKMANInvesting is a business where you can look very silly for a long period of time before you are proven right.
BILL ACKMANThe untold secret of McDonald’s is that when you sell a restaurant to a franchisee, sales typically go up a lot because the franchisees do a much better job managing the store.
BILL ACKMANI’m a very straightforward person. I say precisely what I think. Sometimes it rubs people the wrong way.
BILL ACKMANWhat motivates people to succeed? Sex. People don’t like to admit it, but it’s the primal driver.
BILL ACKMANYou can learn investing by reading books.
BILL ACKMANI’m not emotional about investments. Investing is something where you have to be purely rational and not let emotion affect your decision making – just the facts.
BILL ACKMANI am always prepared to do the right thing regardless of what other people think.
BILL ACKMANIn order to be successful, you have to make sure that being rejected doesn’t bother you at all.
BILL ACKMANWhat I love about tennis is that I’m better now than I was when I was 20.
BILL ACKMANI have more money than I need. I don’t need to work for a living. I do this because I love what I do.
BILL ACKMANI 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.
BILL ACKMANWe invest generally in very good companies that have lost their way. And with better management, enormous value can be created.
BILL ACKMANInvesting is one of the few things you can learn on your own.
BILL ACKMAN