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  1. qwant news | Bill Ackman built Microsoft stake in first quarter during sell-off, betting on AI and cloud growth

    AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information.

    Bill Ackman, founder and CEO of Pershing Square, disclosed that his hedge fund began accumulating Microsoft shares in February after the stock fell more than 26% from its July 2025 peak, citing the pullback as a rare chance to buy a dominant tech franchise at a compelling valuation of about 21 times forward earnings. Ackman said investors have over‑reacted to concerns about Microsoft’s AI competitiveness and Azure growth, emphasizing that the company’s M365 suite remains deeply embedded in enterprises thanks to its security, compliance and identity infrastructure, and that its R&D focus on the Copilot AI agent should boost product velocity and customer adoption. He called Microsoft a “core holding” and likened the investment to previous Pershing Square purchases of Alphabet, Amazon and Meta made during periods of AI‑related market skepticism.

    Read more: cnbc.com/2026/05/15/bill-ackma

    #BillAckman #PershingSquare #Microsoft #Azure #AI

  2. Bill Ackman’s $64 Billion Offer Could Change Universal Music Forever

    Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square has presented a cash and stock offer to buy Universal Music Group. The deal values the music giant at $64.4 billion. Ackman says the proposal gives shareholders $10.85 billion in cash and 0.77 shares of the new company for each UMG share they own.

    Investors are watching this offer because it could reshape the music industry....

    #BillAckman #PershingSquare #UniversalMusicGroup

  3. Bill Ackman’s $64 Billion Offer Could Change Universal Music Forever

    Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square has presented a cash and stock offer to buy Universal Music Group. The deal values the music giant at $64.4 billion. Ackman says the proposal gives shareholders $10.85 billion in cash and 0.77 shares of the new company for each UMG share they own.

    Investors are watching this offer because it could reshape the music industry....

    #BillAckman #PershingSquare #UniversalMusicGroup

  4. Bill Ackman’s $64 Billion Offer Could Change Universal Music Forever

    Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square has presented a cash and stock offer to buy Universal Music Group. The deal values the music giant at $64.4 billion. Ackman says the proposal gives shareholders $10.85 billion in cash and 0.77 shares of the new company for each UMG share they own.

    Investors are watching this offer because it could reshape the music industry....

    #BillAckman #PershingSquare #UniversalMusicGroup

  5. #TIL Who the F is #BillAckman and why should I care?

    #Billionaire #HarvardAlum #HedgeFund A-Hole who led the drive to oust those female college presidents for alleged #AntiSemitism and boosted #plagiarism #accusations against ousted #Harvard prez #ClaudineGay is angry people are now leveling similar accusations against his own wife, another #IvyLeague female academic at #MIT

    The prolific #PershingSquare #investor and anti #DEI #blowhard has said of himself “If I think I’m right, I can be the most persistent and most relentless person in America.”

    But he apparently has a thin skin over his wealthy but thick skull too...

    Much of Ackman's latest ire is directed at #BusinessInsider who first published claims Ackman's wife used uncited passages of others works without retribution.

    vox.com/2024/1/13/24032176/bil

    forbes.com/sites/brianbushard/

    wsj.com/us-news/bill-ackman-co

  6. #TIL Who the F is #BillAckman and why should I care?

    #Billionaire #HarvardAlum #HedgeFund A-Hole who led the drive to oust those female college presidents for alleged #AntiSemitism and boosted #plagiarism #accusations against ousted #Harvard prez #ClaudineGay is angry people are now leveling similar accusations against his own wife, another #IvyLeague female academic at #MIT

    The prolific #PershingSquare #investor and anti #DEI #blowhard has said of himself “If I think I’m right, I can be the most persistent and most relentless person in America.”

    But he apparently has a thin skin over his wealthy but thick skull too...

    Much of Ackman's latest ire is directed at #BusinessInsider who first published claims Ackman's wife used uncited passages of others works without retribution.

    vox.com/2024/1/13/24032176/bil

    forbes.com/sites/brianbushard/

    wsj.com/us-news/bill-ackman-co

  7. #TIL Who the F is #BillAckman and why should I care?

    #Billionaire #HarvardAlum #HedgeFund A-Hole who led the drive to oust those female college presidents for alleged #AntiSemitism and boosted #plagiarism #accusations against ousted #Harvard prez #ClaudineGay is angry people are now leveling similar accusations against his own wife, another #IvyLeague female academic at #MIT

    The prolific #PershingSquare #investor and anti #DEI #blowhard has said of himself “If I think I’m right, I can be the most persistent and most relentless person in America.”

    But he apparently has a thin skin over his wealthy but thick skull too...

    Much of Ackman's latest ire is directed at #BusinessInsider who first published claims Ackman's wife used uncited passages of others works without retribution.

    vox.com/2024/1/13/24032176/bil

    forbes.com/sites/brianbushard/

    wsj.com/us-news/bill-ackman-co