Born into a wealthy New York family, Bill Ackman has amassed a fortune estimated at more than $9 billion, according to Forbes. As he tries to buy The Woodlands-based Howard Hughes Holdings, here's ...

In late 2012, Bill Ackman started one of the more celebrated battles over corporate control, when he charged that the supplement company Herbalife Nutrition (HLF) was a pyramid scheme. Ackman ...

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 ...

Ackman and Icahn squared off over Herbalife in the best moment in financial ... He and his wife also joined Warren Buffett and Bill Gates in the Giving Pledge committing at least half of their ...

He has blamed Carl Icahn for causing him to lose money shorting Herbalife after the Wall Street legend bought shares in the multilevel-marketing company and boosted its stock price following a ...