Books Recommended by Bill Ackman
Essays In Existentialism
Jean-Paul Sartre
Source: "You read it and it's either an epiphany and it affects the way you live your life, or it's of no interest to you." - Bill Ackman
Margin of Safety
Risk-Averse Value Investing Strategies for the Thoughtful Investor
Seth A. Klarman
Source: One of 11 Books Bill Ackman told a young man to read before hiring him.
One Up On Wall Street
How To Use What You Already Know To Make Money In
Peter Lynch
Source: One of 11 Books Bill Ackman told a young man to read before hiring him.
You Can Be a Stock Market Genius
Uncover the Secret Hiding Places of Stock Market Profits
Joel Greenblatt
Source: One of 11 Books Bill Ackman told a young man to read before hiring him.
Quality of Earnings
Thornton L. O'glove
Source: One of 11 Books Bill Ackman told a young man to read before hiring him.
Confidence Game
How Hedge Fund Manager Bill Ackman Called Wall Street's Bluff
Christine S. Richard
Source: One of 11 Books Bill Ackman told a young man to read before hiring him.
Beating the Street
Peter Lynch
Source: One of 11 Books Bill Ackman told a young man to read before hiring him.
Fooling Some of the People All of the Time
A Long Short (and Now Complete) Story
David Einhorn
Source: One of 11 Books Bill Ackman told a young man to read before hiring him.
The Essays of Warren Buffett
Lessons for Corporate America
Lawrence A. Cunningham
Source: One of 11 Books Bill Ackman told a young man to read before hiring him.
The Warren Buffett Way
Robert G. Hagstrom
Source: One of 11 Books Bill Ackman told a young man to read before hiring him.
Security Analysis
Benjamin Graham
Source: One of 11 Books Bill Ackman told a young man to read before hiring him.
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