Bill Ackman
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first heard Aug 2026
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I'm sure there's still more lessons to learn, but the goal is to focus on things where there's a gap in the capital markets, where there isn't yet a for-profit solution to a problem.
And there has not yet been invested effectively enough in helping people deal with traumatic brain, you know, issues or strokes.
And I've been very close to that issue in the last, you know, almost six months.
And so this is something...
know historically we've been you know buffett says diversification is protection against ignorance and so if you look at the persian square foundation we were extremely diversified certainly in the earlier years we started focusing more on scientific research in the last period and part of that is uh you know that's an area where we've seen a gap in the capital markets while there is venture money available for
startups in healthcare, there's a lot of the basic science research is not research.
It's too far away from revenue or a company for it to be funded by a venture capitalist.
So it either has to be government funding or philanthropy.
So that's an area we've focused on.
But in doing that, we've learned a fair bit.
We've built a couple of scientific advisory boards.
We learned some of the good and bad, and we're going to apply all those learnings to this institute.
I mentioned today because we actually today just closed on the building that will be the initial building for the institute.
I think my parents obviously played a very important role, and I don't want to underestimate an undermentioned mom.
My mom was an activist.
I grew up in Chappaqua, New York.
We had diesel locomotives from the 1950s that took dad back and forth to work.
We weren't allowed to start dinner until dad got home, and very often he'd get home after 8 o'clock.
because the train was delayed.
And mom ended up joining this grassroots organization called the Upper Harlem Line Commuter Council.
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