Bill Ackman

And then a group of former students, kind of younger alums, one of whom I knew approached me and said, look, Bill, we should, we should run for the board. And they decided this pretty late, uh, only a few weeks before the signatures were due and love your support. You know, I took a look at their platform. I thought it looked great. I said, look, happy to support.

And then a group of former students, kind of younger alums, one of whom I knew approached me and said, look, Bill, we should, we should run for the board. And they decided this pretty late, uh, only a few weeks before the signatures were due and love your support. You know, I took a look at their platform. I thought it looked great. I said, look, happy to support.

And I posted about them, did a Zoom with them, and they got thousands of signatures. Collectively, the four got, whatever, 12,000 signatures or something like this. And they missed by about 10% of the threshold. And what did Harvard do in the middle of the election? They made it very, very difficult to sign up for a vote. And it just makes them look terrible.

And I posted about them, did a Zoom with them, and they got thousands of signatures. Collectively, the four got, whatever, 12,000 signatures or something like this. And they missed by about 10% of the threshold. And what did Harvard do in the middle of the election? They made it very, very difficult to sign up for a vote. And it just makes them look terrible.

And I posted about them, did a Zoom with them, and they got thousands of signatures. Collectively, the four got, whatever, 12,000 signatures or something like this. And they missed by about 10% of the threshold. And what did Harvard do in the middle of the election? They made it very, very difficult to sign up for a vote. And it just makes them look terrible.

And they've got now thousands of alums upset that, and again, this wasn't an election. This was just to put the names on the slate. So the only candidates on the slate are the ones selected by the existing members. And so businesses fail because of governance failures. Universities fail because of governance failures.

And they've got now thousands of alums upset that, and again, this wasn't an election. This was just to put the names on the slate. So the only candidates on the slate are the ones selected by the existing members. And so businesses fail because of governance failures. Universities fail because of governance failures.

And they've got now thousands of alums upset that, and again, this wasn't an election. This was just to put the names on the slate. So the only candidates on the slate are the ones selected by the existing members. And so businesses fail because of governance failures. Universities fail because of governance failures.

It's not really the president's fault because the job of the board is to hire and fire the president and help guide the institution academically and otherwise. So that's governance. An ideology, I was like, how can this be? October 7th, the event that woke me up was 30 student organizations came out with a public letter on October 8th.

It's not really the president's fault because the job of the board is to hire and fire the president and help guide the institution academically and otherwise. So that's governance. An ideology, I was like, how can this be? October 7th, the event that woke me up was 30 student organizations came out with a public letter on October 8th.

It's not really the president's fault because the job of the board is to hire and fire the president and help guide the institution academically and otherwise. So that's governance. An ideology, I was like, how can this be? October 7th, the event that woke me up was 30 student organizations came out with a public letter on October 8th.

literally the morning after this letter was created and said, Israel is solely responsible for Hamas's violent acts. Again, Israel had not even mounted a defense at this point, and there were still terrorists running around in the southern part of Israel. Um, and I'm like, Harvard students, you know, 34 Harvard student organizations signed this letter and I'm like, what is going on?

literally the morning after this letter was created and said, Israel is solely responsible for Hamas's violent acts. Again, Israel had not even mounted a defense at this point, and there were still terrorists running around in the southern part of Israel. Um, and I'm like, Harvard students, you know, 34 Harvard student organizations signed this letter and I'm like, what is going on?

literally the morning after this letter was created and said, Israel is solely responsible for Hamas's violent acts. Again, Israel had not even mounted a defense at this point, and there were still terrorists running around in the southern part of Israel. Um, and I'm like, Harvard students, you know, 34 Harvard student organizations signed this letter and I'm like, what is going on?

You know, WTF. Right. And, uh, that's when I went up on campus and I started talking to the faculty and that's where I started hearing about actually builds. It's this DEI ideology. I'm like, what? Like diversity, equity, inclusion. You know, obviously I'm familiar with these words and, you know, I see this in the corporate context. And they say, yeah.

You know, WTF. Right. And, uh, that's when I went up on campus and I started talking to the faculty and that's where I started hearing about actually builds. It's this DEI ideology. I'm like, what? Like diversity, equity, inclusion. You know, obviously I'm familiar with these words and, you know, I see this in the corporate context. And they say, yeah.

You know, WTF. Right. And, uh, that's when I went up on campus and I started talking to the faculty and that's where I started hearing about actually builds. It's this DEI ideology. I'm like, what? Like diversity, equity, inclusion. You know, obviously I'm familiar with these words and, you know, I see this in the corporate context. And they say, yeah.

And they started talking to me about this oppressor-oppressed framework, which is effectively taught on campus and represents the backdrop for many of the courses that are offered and the various, some of the studies and other degree offerings. I'm like, yeah. I had not even heard of this and I'm a pretty aware person, but I was completely unaware.

And they started talking to me about this oppressor-oppressed framework, which is effectively taught on campus and represents the backdrop for many of the courses that are offered and the various, some of the studies and other degree offerings. I'm like, yeah. I had not even heard of this and I'm a pretty aware person, but I was completely unaware.

And they started talking to me about this oppressor-oppressed framework, which is effectively taught on campus and represents the backdrop for many of the courses that are offered and the various, some of the studies and other degree offerings. I'm like, yeah. I had not even heard of this and I'm a pretty aware person, but I was completely unaware.