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 ...

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Bill Ackman has a highly concentrated portfolio ... However, he also had an epic loss of over $1 billion in a short position on Herbalife in 2018. In 2022, Ackman said he had “permanently ...