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Bill Ackman: belief

20 Feb 2024 Lex Fridman Podcast #413 – Bill Ackman: Investing, Financial Battles, Harvard, DEI, X & Free Speech

“I think now I’m a pretty emotional person I would say, or I feel pretty strong emotions, but not in investing.”

— Bill Ackman

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Speaker
Bill Ackman
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belief
Recorded
20 Feb 2024
Publisher
Lex Fridman Podcast

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…So psychologically, just as a human being, speaking of lines and gazelles and all this kind of stuff, is it as simple as just being financially secure? Is there some just human qualities that you have to be born with slash develop? I think so. I think now I’m a pretty emotional person I would say, or I feel pretty strong emotions, but not in investing. I’m remarkably immune to volatility and that’s a big advantage and it took some time for me to develop that. So you weren’t born with that, you think?…

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