Bill Ackman: Investing, Financial Battles, Harvard, DEI, X & Free Speech | Lex Fridman Podcast #413

Lex, can you invite Mr Buffet to your podcast? I think a lot of people will appreciate it

This was a great interview. I never knew this side of Bill. Lex, interviewing more juggernauts in the financial world would be awesome!

we need Ilya Sutskever , Andrej Karpathy and Andrew NG back with latest developments!!

Lex has the most interesting podcast on YouTube hands down

Out of all the pearls of wisdom in this chat, "nutrition, sleep, exercise, a little progress every day, and a walk with a friend every night" might be the best of them. A good recipe for happiness. 1:38:04

Please interview more financial figures! Loved this, and have been following Ackman for a long time

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I just want to comment, the interview was fantastic, but I also want to credit Lex and his team for the quality of sound. I have had hearing issues over the past 4 years, hyper sensitive to the poor sound, that is all over this new internet form of media and information, a lot of times the sound is overlooked, you just accept it. But when it's dialed in, it is such a treat. And every time I listen I am so pleased in the interviews but also the great Sound!

Bill Ackman is 1 of 1. No Billionaire kicks it how he kicks it with sharing valuable information, and giving insight to private investing/equity.

I’ve become wiser from this conversation. Thank you both.