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Episode · Lex Fridman Podcast · 2024-02-20

Books mentioned on #413 – Bill Ackman: Investing, Financial Battles, Harvard, DEI, X & Free Speech

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Bill Ackman is an investor who has led some of the biggest and controversial financial trades in history. He is founder and CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

  1. The intelligent investor

    Benjamin Graham · at 38:36 · mentioned 3 times

    The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham is a foundational guide to value investing that teaches timeless principles for managing risk and evaluating stocks based on long-term fundamental analysis.

    Discussed
    “As Mr. Graham said, in the short term, the market acts like a voting machine with a bunch of lemmings voting in one direction, which can be concerning.”
    Speaker #413 – Bill Ackman: Investing, Financial Battles, Harvard, DEI, X & Fr… 2024-02-20 Listen at 38:36
    Where to get it
    Amazon Audible Bookshop.org Open Library

  2. America's Cultural Revolution

    Christopher F. Rufo · at 2:23:03

    Discussed
    “I had someone—a friend of mine—send me Christopher Rufo’s book 'America's Cultural Revolution,' which is sort of a sociological study of the origins of the DEI movement and critical race theory.”
    Speaker #413 – Bill Ackman: Investing, Financial Battles, Harvard, DEI, X & Fr… 2024-02-20 Listen at 2:23:03
    Where to get it
    Amazon Audible Bookshop.org Open Library