A key problem is that the Howard Hughes board and the special committee evaluating the proposal may not want to turn the company into an Ackman-led mini Berkshire.
Bill Ackman's Pershing Square proposed to acquire 10 million newly issued Howard Hughes shares at $90 a share — up from $85 a share.
The hedge fund manager is waging his own money this time in a bid to build another financial behemoth that can rival the life's work of Warren Buffett.
Fast forward half a century, Bill Ackman, the billionaire hedge fund manager behind Pershing Square Capital Management, is looking to replicate Buffett’s success by creating a “modern-day Berkshire Hathaway.
Bill Ackman proposes to increase his stake in Howard Hughes to 48%. He wants to turn HHH into a modern-day Berkshire Hathaway.
Among other trades, the hedge-fund manager sells a big-name consumer giant and buys into a real estate company.
Bill Ackman, head of hedge fund Pershing Square Capital Management, said he'll announce a transformational deal on Tuesday, akin to Warren Buffett gaining control of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) (BRK.A),
The deal would give hedge-fund manager Bill Ackman’s firm a 48% stake in the company known for master-planned community developments.
Sixty years later, Bill Ackman wants to do something similar — but he’s starting with real estate, not textiles. Ackman’s Pershing Square investment firm has proposed to acquire 10 million new shares of Howard Hughes Holdings (HHH) at $90 each,
In a post prior to the announcement, Ackman likened his firm's move to the approach Warren Buffett has used with Berkshire ( BRK-A, BRK-B) in which Buffett turned a textile manufacturer into a holding company that owns stakes in many publicly traded equities including Apple ( AAPL) and Bank of America ( BAC ).
Howard Hughes Holdings receives a $900M capital infusion from Bill Ackman. See why HHH stock is a strong buy with potential for high ROI and restructuring.
American billionaire Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Capital Management has proposed a $900 million bid to significantly boost its stake in