As part of the Distinguished Speaker Series, Saïd Business School welcomed Bill Ackman, American Hedge Fund Manager and CEO of Pershing Square. 29/10/2013 www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/school/news/b...
He was 100% right about Herbalife. He lost because schemes like this can win with the right backing. It's a shame. Great to see Bill's recent successes after a rough few years.
I absolutely love the fact that he recalls all his successes as well as his failures along with the values of the stocks that he was involved in. Also as mentioned by the interviewer he was completely candid about his failure with J C Penny and explained the root cause for the failure including name dropping the people he was involved with which not many investors would have been keen to talk about.
Nice. At a time (may 2020 midst covid 19) when the quality of entertainment is so redundant & mundane, there’s nothing like a little intellectual stimulation to get the day going. Very well appreciated.
@@alice_pk The financial system is not being treated very well when the scandals arise. Meaning when alarm bells go off, the protecting bodies hardly intervene or are extremely slow to act. Ackman is part of that culture. And i want to emphasize that i understand the issues with a decent treatment of the financial system, but i do not approve it. By decent i mean that the protecting bodies actually act on alarms when they are reported and to hold people responsible. The Madoff case is the best example, people have been informed about the issues for years and nothing was being done all the time. And when i was over, many weren't even punished, only Madoff and a few others were jailed. There are plenty of more scandals and i want that changed. I want a system where people that call out issues are being taken serious and it is being dealt with on time before everything comes crashing down, taking people's savings.
Thomas Borisov I might be wrong but I feel that the lack of laws against MLMs contributed to herbalife surviving. Was really hoping herbalife would cease to exist though..
Very precious experienced to taught public how to make right judgement I also learned my mistake before you investment subject we all need prepared working study is first classes thanks for mentors advisor
Bill just seems to be living his life and being candid and honest. Really it's the public that puts him on a pedestal and judges him harshly for doing so just because of the business life he has pursued. Just listen to him as a man sharing his personal experience. People don't want to do that because he's wall st. and people have preconceived notions that he must be a greedy evil snob then even if he does take personal losses to improve the market. It's like finding the rare mythical creature of a decent ethical lawyer in modern society.
@Maximillian Dirnfeld lots of rich wimps so that does not determine his worth. He's confident but not aggressive very relaxed approach compared to many guys.
Interesting, my view of him is pretty much the opposite. I see no alpha male at all and i doubt his integrity and ethics. Especially when i look at cases where he was involved in the past.
@@saywhat4229 I've got a $2000 laptop. No he does not need a new computer. Compare volume level of this Ackman video to this video => ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ud1c5w06Y5E.html Trust me, there are other youtube videos FAR LOUDER than that one. Then consider: "Is it possible to record a video at different sound volume levels?" ANSWER IS 'YES' The failure of many youtube uploaders is they do not TEST their volume level. The successful way to record is: 1) close physical proximity microphone - say, a 'collar' microphone on everyone in the video, NOT the cheap microphone built into the camera that's recording the video because, beside being cheap, those rarely have an adjustable volume level 2) adjust the recording volume to be on the 'loud' side to make it possible to hear the video when it's uploaded 3) upload the video to youtube and test - because every recording system can have a different volume level Uploading an un-hearable video - WHY BOTHER, you are uploading failure and you come across as a lazy, inconsiderate schmoh . .
Yeah I tried to watch this on my laptop last night and couldn't because of the sound, but through my wireless headphones today at work it actually sounds a lot better.
Bill's answer to the critics of activist investing due to its short term profit nature is very interesting. Slightly humorous how he is able to pitch his short-term position as long-term. Not sure if he is that much smarter than all of us or just very good at crafting a response that people want to hear. Probably a little bit of both!
same but he is too smart and uncharismatic to win, crowds are dumb and they will vote for people that move them emotionally, which is why Trump won, its also why Obama won. They both had a short emotionally charged slogan with a story to go along with it.
Maybe the JC Penney lesson isn’t biz-school stuff like board alignment, etc., but the far more human factor that lower income people (among others) WANT constant sales and coupons. They DON’T know what a shirt “should” cost (who does ?), so they want a discount that reassures them that they aren’t getting ripped off (whether that’s really true or not). You can remake a company, but you can’t remake human nature, no matter how irrational it seems to very smart people like Ackman. Herbalife is similar- a bad biz that “succeeds” for irrational reasons. It’s almost impossible for someone of Ackman’s background- family wealth, Harvard BA/MBA, then right into a hedge fund- to understand how the other 99.99 % of the world actually thinks. That said, it’s admirable that Ackman is so open about his failures. THAT’S a highly rational habit that few want to practice.
JC Penney failed because they tried to push the homosexual agenda to their target customers, who rebelled. Same thing is happening to Target right now, and the fact that Ackman didn't discern this tells us there is a critical missing element in our nation's business leaders.
I'v watched him in a video for beginners using a lemonade stand as an example in which he goes on to say you have to have a stomach for down turns on the stock market, however he sounded panicked on Tucker Carlson show about Hilton stock going to zero.
I looked at the thumbnail and wondered why this tv actor is mentioned as investor ....I thought may be investing was his thing and acting a hobby....though I couldn't recall on which show I saw him then I remembered...he was in a Netflix docu-series on corruption. Dirty Money. Yeah, he is not an actor but he is damn good looking!
Oh he looks like a star I agree he looks like he should model luxury goods and I suppose in a way he does. If I did not know a thing about him and just saw a picture I would probably still swoon then you find out he's smart and relaxed too quite the dreamboat.
Bill Ackman is a great investor. He does seem alpha. We need investment, capitals and more opportunities for our great city Vancouver, epsically financing, mortage and investment. Our housing price is always quite pricey, but Canada, BC, Vancouver is a great city to live in. It is worth to strive for to make money, serve the society, and buy a property for yourself. I have wonderful parents. I dream of better lives for myself and my family. Let's not complaints, but work hard and seek for opportunities.
I disagree "Theinstantkarma2011", this is one of the greatest interviews of Bill Ackman. Watch the interview with Charlie Rose and you'll be horrified. Thanks a lot for this interview OxfordSBS.
28:27 As a CEO your focus is shareholder value, in government CEO President referring the website incident important is ensure best coverage for the worst off citizen. Definitely better if the website had not failed. A second important point is when you make a generational change in philosophy, as is the case with changes to education or healthcare -hiccups will be there.
2:55 Random question but I noticed both speakers pronounced "finance" as "fuh-NANCE" rather than "FAI-nance", I have never heard anyone say it like that before.. How I totally missed something and that's common? Have never heard it in the UK either.
its funny how the whole idea behind the redesigning of a blank Apple store was catered towards customer experience and still is, what i dont understand is how Ron Johnson forgot to take the human behaviour/psychological pattern into consideration that, once free money stops coming, would someone be inclined to purchase? Just like Dogs, you want a bark you need to incentivize. blows my mind.
Good discussion. But, Dah!!! Moments. Just ask your questions please. Just drives me "batty" when people make the following statements before their question (s): -- "I have a question" -- "My question will be quick"
I wonder what is his take about Elon Musk. Musk has enough money to do anything he dreams (and he dreams really *big*), but Ackerman has the contacts and the business acumen to make it *really* successful. I think the combination would be really awesome... if these two alphas can work together, that is...
An investor can potentially lose all or more than the initial investment. The further you can stretch your investment goals, the easier it is to look past short-term volatility
@@elenaarguello1503 as i go deep into trading i realize that investing is a long-term strategy for wealth building. But it will not make you rich overnight.
that dude gave up 100 million in apple shares post financial crisis for JCPenny shares? Jesus that's the biggest mistake ever. That ceo would be one of the richest people in the world right now. that'd be like 10 mill shares in 2010/2011, then 70 mill shares with the 7-1 split, then 210 million shares with the 2020 4-1 split. current price that's 28 billion dollars in stock and now JCP is bankrupt. yikes.
+Roy Bhutt Yeah, Stanford with the way you worded the comment? lmao. It's also a bad ROI because you could take pre-requisites at a community college and then transfer out.