The interviewer generally did a horrible job with this interview. Bill is pushing back which is great

@UewnitedStates

10 күн бұрын

"right"

The Lex Fridman podcast recently featured investor Bill Ackman, who offered profound insights, epitomizing the spirit of capitalism. His expertise in finance demonstrates how it can be harnessed to build or rejuvenate valuable businesses that enhance society. Value-Adding Investor

I really was expecting a different sort of investor "activism"... I thought I would learn more about impact investing, social enterprises and how to look at profitability from a different perspective. I don't know what this is.

@davescott7680

14 күн бұрын

A PR spin puff piece. "I don't have more voice in X, because I have more money. Maybe I'm nieve." Yeh you're nieve or disingenuous mate.

@Lambyyy

6 күн бұрын

@@davescott7680 It's naive.

So much respect for Mr. Ackman; a brilliant investor who embraces discussing the current events of the day, and sharing his thoughts, along with inviting discussion. Not easy in his world! I have learned so much about investing and improving my own portfolio, just by listening to him.

*YT Quick Survey #11:* For your shared investing ideas, what do you think will be the next Apple/Microsoft in terms of growth?

@hunantrain

14 күн бұрын

None bro! taking into consideration the current unpredictable market volatility. 🚩🚩

@MichaelWeebles

14 күн бұрын

Not true at all... Companies are making record profits... Although the market isn't so stable at the moment, it isn't as sick as some people have made it look... Believe me or not, as a beginner investor who knows next to nothing, I have made over $15k net profit just in a couple of months... I'm a retiree, and I am using these extra resources to help pay for odds and ends that I want.

@hunantrain

14 күн бұрын

Hi Mr.Michael Weebles, from my little experience your profit margin is quite stunning for a beginner. can you share your spreadsheet? i would love to follow. Thanks if you reply. 🙏

@MichaelWeebles

14 күн бұрын

I have never drawn up a spreadsheet... It's of no relevance to me. I do practically everything through my fin.advisor, Kelly Marie Matwick. In all honesty, she knows what she's doing.. You can look her up.

@CallmeMasta

13 күн бұрын

Mercado Libre.

"Challenging the status quo"... pot meet kettle

@rolandnelson6722

12 күн бұрын

Take a closer look. He became rich by challenging the status quo. He thinks is a unique way. Has trades that defy explanation. He was not always right but he never went along for applause.

What an activist. Wants to shut others down using his power while taking control of our institutions for self serving reasons.

@hadror13

14 күн бұрын

Shut down self destructive parasitic ideals is not self serving more like self preservation and survival

@Alexander21025

14 күн бұрын

@hadror13 Sending billions to a foreign entity, supporting them no matter what, which gets us nothing but massive trouble, is the destructive parasitic action.

@arcadiagreen150

14 күн бұрын

As opposed to letting the woke mind virus ravage humanity?

@tetelestaijohn1930

14 күн бұрын

What would you do differently if you were him?

@Alexander21025

14 күн бұрын

@tetelestaijohn1930 Not bribe and coerce politicians and institutions to support a parasitic foreign nation.

ackman for president

Ariel Phenomenon movie is an example of the Havard tenure issue

I’m waiting for the etymology sticking out your gyat Ted talk

Ironically, he mentions hubris as one of the problems of failed institutions, but he fails to see his own arrogance. But, when you're born rich and then get richer it follows that you think you're a genius and above everyone.

@ElonyMusky2

14 күн бұрын

Parasites controlling us, we are sick to the bone and this guy is a prime example of that.

@ashitaka9327

14 күн бұрын

By “his own arrogance”, you mean he disagrees with your own fascistic lefty ideas of how to control the expression of ideas, because any narrative other than your own is evil and must be inhibited.

@richardstephenson5563

14 күн бұрын

I didn't hear anything that would suggest that. seems down to earth to me.

@JJ-fq6zi

13 күн бұрын

I disagree that he is arrogant. How is speaking arrogant?

@nothimbutbetteractually

8 күн бұрын

He pursued finance and then got funded. No different than how on Earth people get put through med school. His message is anyone, no matter how rich or poor can invest in companies they believe have actual value and against companies they don't think belong in the world. He could have gotten his funding and his millions and kept to himself, but he sees value in finance as a means to keep stock market companies in check, or to start new industries that disrupt old ones. It's a simple concept, but they are attacking the strawman and not the argument.

12:58 languages avoidance, ethnic terminology positivity

What an incredible activist. Who would’ve thought that silencing anti-genocidal voices using dark money tactics was activism? Not me!

@archerberenson6355

14 күн бұрын

Genocide is the word of the decade isn't it! The ICJ did not determine that Israel is committing genocide, even though they were using the absurd and overly punitive definition set by the United Nations. You probably don't know what the ICJ is, though, do you Chris? Can you even mention specifically what "dark money tactics" he has used to support the Israeli position?

@DanTheMan189

13 күн бұрын

I agree. Hamas’ genocide against Israel is abhorrent.

2:33

I want the SEC to investigate how bill Ackman's investments suddenly crashed really really bad during his divorce so he was somehow able to give his ex wife as little money as possible, and then after the divorce was finalized he met his angel Neri, and got married, and all his stocks went up from then on. Just like all divorcees, he met his new wife AFTER the divorce was finalized, and his business value somehow crashed so he gave his exwife as little money as possible.

How much did he pay TED Talk for this PR stunt??? That's my real question!

Clapping FOR free speech at Ted conference! Is this the turn in the pendulum?

3:59 globalist-state protections metering

3:59 / 10:25 - makes sense

Looked like niten yahu

That interviewer speaks in a very annoying way.

Sort comments by newest if you want to see real opinions 😂

We don’t want to hear what billionaires think is best for us

@sparkysmalarkey

14 күн бұрын

Who are the "We" and "Us" that you seem to speak for with such . . . confidence?

@bluestriker256

14 күн бұрын

​@@sparkysmalarkeywe and us is you and me. Stop acting like you're different from the average person and that you're closer to billionaires. You're closer to being homeless than to being a billionaire

@leahleeds4289

14 күн бұрын

@@bluestriker256you may want to google what “emotional projection” is.

@leahleeds4289

14 күн бұрын

you may want to google what “emotional projection” is.

@amarpm1704

14 күн бұрын

@myyoutube7144 i think instead better is "you hear(from anyone)" & "you say(to anyone)" & let all public decide "whoz say" is better. It's called Democracy. And offcourse "Equal opportunity platforms" are vital here. And such platforms need to be built & nurtured.

Same pinch❤ "Right to put views by anyone" must be basic structure of every countries constitution. Very common_sense & very fundamental of ( proof of ) human existence. Free speech includes equal opportunity. And i know the solution to get equal opportunity. Idea is easy & but Revolutionary. When right time comes i will design the infrastructure and one day come to TEDx & explain it to all of the public of the world.😊

Very annoying and awkward interviewer. Makes me cringe...

What's that watch?

@nicholasmatthewheldt8766

8 күн бұрын

Bremont Bamford Aurora

Creating artificial scarcity by alums & the administration while making egregious profits. Allowing in legacy families & the super-rich that do not need “loans”. Must’ve forgot what colleges are supposed to do.

This guy buys himself into every show, including TED!!

To the interviewer: The best DEI is competence. I could care way way way less about your gender, race and family background. I care about competence.

They both seem really nervous!

The only activist on this meeting was the interviewer, who did a terrible job.

10:07 population-demographics state

the host is too pronounced and animated

these guys remind me of the princess and the pea

Ugh. TED has really gone downhill 😂

Nepotism is bigger problem than dei

"Investment" relies on human shortcomings & the existence of evil. Successful investment requires the acceptance that you are harming the innocent.

@jmj7543

8 күн бұрын

Ok so if I happen to wake up tomorrow with the cure formula againts cancer but I don’t have money to do anything with it. I should just do nothing because asking for investment is bad and investing is bad??? Think before you type so vague and idiotic comments

success is difficult😂

Disappointing. Get better speakers please.

Anyone else feels the host (Alison Taylor) was a terrible host who seemed fairly one sided ?

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The interviewer needs fired

Lol this guy is the elite, the matrix.

The comments

Amazing investor ,, bought fukin chipotle, cried on cnbc to short the market during covid ,, fukin legendary fake guru 👏👏

Gen Z

Has TED finally realised how important diversity of political opinion is? Funny he was talking about great institutions that lost their way. TED got lost around 2016

@RadAntelope

14 күн бұрын

What political opinion was not being heard? It seems the political right just wants to squash opinions they don't like,, Which isn't free speech at all..

@mbergamin16

14 күн бұрын

TED is so far gone and removed from what they once were

He says at the end, free speech without reason, so that the most powerful ideas captures minds. Sounds a bit naive to me for someone who has the “longest” posts on X.

Retitle to: Harvard’s Struggles

Common sense from Bill Ackman! Ignore the haters and keep on going!

Great to see Bill pushing Harvard, they clearly need changes if they would like to be a top university!

@ElonyMusky2

14 күн бұрын

Parasite

21:10 Let’s be clear, he’s talking about Soros

What a shame on you , Tedtalk! I am expecting someone who is wise to give a talk , not some billionaire bully who is behind the resignation of Howard president.

Nice

Jeez this comment section is full of losers 😂

@fj103

10 күн бұрын

🫵🏽

This is a joke, right?

❤

Lol, Most of the people in the comments are slamming Bill for being born into a good family. Fools, he didn't get to choose where he was born. Be thankful he is one of the few open Investors who isn't afraid to speak up for millions on his behalf, even if it means slamming his Alma Mater, Harvard for campus protests. "A fish doesn't go to its parents and complain, why wasn't I born a shark"

@IG_WindischP

14 күн бұрын

There's a 99% chance you have well-off parents, you felt a way and that's why you said something. To not see any hypocritical arrogance in his pursuits you are either contrarian or disingenuous.

@isaacherrera5930

13 күн бұрын

"good family" 🥴

The man is being interviewed AT A TED TALK watched by millions but tries to claim that he really doesn't believe his voice is heard more than that of others... He calls himself naive in doing so... if he were honest I would lose complete trust in him as a competent investor because my conclusion would be that he's incapable of having an objective and realistic view of the world (and thus markets)... but of course he's not honest... he's not naive, he's just fooling people... or, maybe worse... he's fooling yourself. Then... the idea to follow both sides of the extreme spectrum on X, and then somehow find "the most articulate seemingly intelligent ones"... man I don't even know where to start.... It's those extremes that have eaten up our attention and have devoured attention from common, centric, logical, common sense, reasonable, achievable and realistic policy. You're not going to find any of that at either of those spectrums, even if you were to "balance it out" because you can't. WTF. Who is this guy catering to? The noise? I'm saying this while I think this man has generally made decent investment decisions and tries to have a moral compass, or tries to find out what a moral compass should look like. The whole DEI thing was also warped... Not saying that DEI is gospel or anything, but to reduce it to policy on % of certain people employed somewhere... DEI is much broader than that. It's main value is in terms of creating awareness and trying to make people aware of unconscious bias. Trying to reduce it to something else is dishonest.

We don't care about Israel Gaza errybodys gotta opinions n on that. Talk about investing william

Giving voice to genocide supporters does not mean you are doing good job, @tedtalk. You are on the wrong side of history

She did a so so job at best. Lex’s podcast was much better…

A man with immense integrity.!

A lot of salty lefties in these comments…

@arcturianninja

14 күн бұрын

Indeed

Thanks, Bill.

This comment section is not it.

"activist investor" ie "invests in neo-segregationists who want to dismantle the civil rights act" this is a joke.

First of all: brilliant questions Second of all: Answers that make a lot of sense to me. What's not to like?

As a fellow Ashkenazi Jew, this one of my favorite billionaires.

@ElonyMusky2

14 күн бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣 As a fellow Satanic Zionist this guy is my favorite billionaires

@EvilChris2010

14 күн бұрын

As a fellow Under the Bed Monster with a hoodie on my pee pee, this is one of my favorite billionaires too!

This is a remarkable discussion. Looks like there's more to this than meets the eye.

I am learn a lot with them ❤

This feels like a point of view in search of an argument. Yawn.

The worst interviewer ever

Interesting interview. However, I do think Ackman is an overrated investor. He does have some good insights, but he lacks the wisdom and humility of greats like Charlie Munger and Warren Buffett.

Her hands are confusing

She’s awful

Disaster What a waste of an interview

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@ViperPacket

14 күн бұрын

propaganda bot

Activist? For cancelling freedom of speech in support of Netanyahu's genocide in Gaza? Quite an activism! Lost my respect for TED talks and whoever chose this monstrosity to lecture people on anything let alone activism.

Arrogant.

Oh, great. Another "humble" billionaire who thinks he knows everything, while routinely making a fool of himself. Thumbs down.