Bill Ackman Forming Think Tank to Continue Higher Ed Crusade
Billionaire Bill Ackman is starting a think tank to advance his views on antisemitism and DEI in higher education.
The hedge fund manager has been outspoken about what he views as rampant anti-semitism on college campuses in the wake of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, even leading a campaign to have Harvard President Claudine Gay fired in part over her response to anti-Israel protests on campus. In the weeks following the attack, he also set his sights on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, which he decried as “racist” against white people.
In an interview on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” Friday, he told Andrew Ross Sorkin he plans to “go after these issues in a very aggressive way.”