Monday, December 03, 2007

Bill Ackman: Short Seller Sinks Teeth Into Insurer

It was Wednesday, and Mr. Ackman, a 41-year-old hedge fund manager, was in the middle of a surprisingly well-attended news conference. He had just finished an hourlong presentation at an investment conference in Midtown Manhattan, and if truth be told, the only reason it had been contained to an hour is that Mr. Ackman had rushed through it, burying his audience in a blizzard of facts, while flipping through an astonishing 145 slides.

If the presentation and ensuing news conference proved anything, it was that Mr. Ackman was incapable of giving short answers. Then again, that’s usually the way it is with obsessives.


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