Bill Ackman

Enormously helpful to me in my life, I'm sure. My sister also went to Harvard. And the experiences, learnings, friendships, relationships, I'm very happy with my life. Harvard was an important part of my life. I went there for both undergrad and business school. I learned a ton, met a lot of faculty, a lot from a number of my closest friends, who I still really keep in touch with, I met then.

So yeah, it's a great place, but it needs a reboot.

So yeah, it's a great place, but it needs a reboot.

So yeah, it's a great place, but it needs a reboot.

You know, when I went to Harvard, there were 1,600 people in my class. I think today's class is about the same size. and their online education really has not sort of taken off, right? So I heard Peter Thiel speak at one point in time, and he's like, what great institution do you know That's truly great. That hasn't grown in a hundred years. Right.

You know, when I went to Harvard, there were 1,600 people in my class. I think today's class is about the same size. and their online education really has not sort of taken off, right? So I heard Peter Thiel speak at one point in time, and he's like, what great institution do you know That's truly great. That hasn't grown in a hundred years. Right.

You know, when I went to Harvard, there were 1,600 people in my class. I think today's class is about the same size. and their online education really has not sort of taken off, right? So I heard Peter Thiel speak at one point in time, and he's like, what great institution do you know That's truly great. That hasn't grown in a hundred years. Right.

And, uh, you know, the incentives in some sense of the alums are for it. It's a bit like a club. If you're proud of the elitism of the club, you don't want any, that many new members, but the fact that the population has grown of the country is so, you know, it's,

And, uh, you know, the incentives in some sense of the alums are for it. It's a bit like a club. If you're proud of the elitism of the club, you don't want any, that many new members, but the fact that the population has grown of the country is so, you know, it's,

And, uh, you know, the incentives in some sense of the alums are for it. It's a bit like a club. If you're proud of the elitism of the club, you don't want any, that many new members, but the fact that the population has grown of the country is so, you know, it's,

significantly since certainly i was a student in 1984 and the fact that harvard recruits people from all over the world it's really serving a smaller and smaller percentage of the population today and you know some of our most talented and successful uh entrepreneurs anyway you know It's a token of success that they didn't make it through their undergraduate years.

significantly since certainly i was a student in 1984 and the fact that harvard recruits people from all over the world it's really serving a smaller and smaller percentage of the population today and you know some of our most talented and successful uh entrepreneurs anyway you know It's a token of success that they didn't make it through their undergraduate years.

significantly since certainly i was a student in 1984 and the fact that harvard recruits people from all over the world it's really serving a smaller and smaller percentage of the population today and you know some of our most talented and successful uh entrepreneurs anyway you know It's a token of success that they didn't make it through their undergraduate years.

You know, they left as a freshman or they didn't attend at all. For entrepreneurs, yes, but it's still a place. Very important for research, very important for advancing ideas. And yes, and shaping dialogue and the next generation of Supreme Court justices and members of government, politicians. So yes, it's critically important, but it's not doing the job it should be doing.

You know, they left as a freshman or they didn't attend at all. For entrepreneurs, yes, but it's still a place. Very important for research, very important for advancing ideas. And yes, and shaping dialogue and the next generation of Supreme Court justices and members of government, politicians. So yes, it's critically important, but it's not doing the job it should be doing.

You know, they left as a freshman or they didn't attend at all. For entrepreneurs, yes, but it's still a place. Very important for research, very important for advancing ideas. And yes, and shaping dialogue and the next generation of Supreme Court justices and members of government, politicians. So yes, it's critically important, but it's not doing the job it should be doing.

I think she's the most beautiful person I've ever met. And I mean that from like the center of her soul. She's the most caring, warm, considerate, thoughtful person I've ever met. And she couples those remarkable qualities with brilliance, incredible creativity, beauty, elegance, grace. I'm talking about my wife, but I'm talking incredibly dispassionately. But I mean what I say.

I think she's the most beautiful person I've ever met. And I mean that from like the center of her soul. She's the most caring, warm, considerate, thoughtful person I've ever met. And she couples those remarkable qualities with brilliance, incredible creativity, beauty, elegance, grace. I'm talking about my wife, but I'm talking incredibly dispassionately. But I mean what I say.

I think she's the most beautiful person I've ever met. And I mean that from like the center of her soul. She's the most caring, warm, considerate, thoughtful person I've ever met. And she couples those remarkable qualities with brilliance, incredible creativity, beauty, elegance, grace. I'm talking about my wife, but I'm talking incredibly dispassionately. But I mean what I say.

She's the most remarkable person I've ever met. And I've met a lot of remarkable people. And I'm incredibly fortunate to spend a very high percentage of my lifetime with her ever since I met her, you know, six years ago.