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Ackman
Ackman is a surname. People with this surname include: * Alyson Ackman (born 1993), Canadian swimmer * Amy Vera Ackman, also known as Mother Giovanni (1886–1966), Australian hospital administrator * Bill Ackman (born 1966), American hedge fund manager * Margaret Ackman, Guyanese politician * Robert Ackman (1927–2013), Canadian chemistry professor See also * ''Go! Go! Ackman'', a manga series {{surname, Ackman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Bill Ackman
William Albert Ackman (born May 11, 1966) is an American billionaire hedge fund manager who is the founder and chief executive officer of Pershing Square Capital Management, a hedge fund management company. His investment approach has made him an Activist shareholder, activist investor. As of May 2025, Ackman's net worth was estimated at $9.1 billion by ''Forbes''. Ackman is a prolific philanthropist and signatory of The Giving Pledge, committing to give away at least 50% of his wealth by the end of his life to charitable causes. A longtime donor to Democratic Party (United States), Democratic candidates and organizations, Ackman endorsed Donald Trump in the 2024 United States presidential election. Ackman has expressed public support for Israel's actions in the Gaza war and has demanded the publication of the names of Harvard students involved in signing a letter condemning statements from Israeli officials. Early life and education Ackman was raised in Chappaqua, New York, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Alyson Ackman
Alyson Patricia "Aly" Ackman (born 6 February 1993) is a professional swimmer competing on the Canadian National Swim Team since 2013. In 2016, she retired from her professional swimming career to pursue a career as a personal trainer and swimming coach. Before her retirement, she won a silver medal in the 4 x 200 Freestyle relay and a bronze in the 4 x 100 Freestyle relay at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. At the 2014 FINA Pan Pacific Championships Ackman came 12th in the 200m freestyle, 14th in the 100m freestyle, 18th in the 400m freestyle, 4th in the 4×100 freestyle, and won bronze in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay. In 2015 Ackman competed at the Pan American Games and the FINA World Championship (Kazan, Russia). During the Pan American Games, she earned a gold medal in 4 X 100 Freestyle and 4 X 200 Freestyle events. Coming out of retirement in January 2019, Ackman competed in several international meets, including the 2018 Canadian Swimming Trials and Swimming N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Amy Vera Ackman
Amy Vera Ackman, known as Mother Giovanni (3 July 1886 – 23 August 1966) was an Australian hospital administrator and one of the Sisters of Charity. Biography Ackman was born into a Jewish family in Randwick, Sydney and was educated at the Sisters of Mercy St Mary's Convent School in Malmsbury. She studied in London and became an optometrist, and established a practice in Collins Street, Melbourne in 1912. She became one of the Sisters of Charity, and made her vows in April 1917 and became "Mother Giovanni". From early 1922 she worked in the admissions office of St Vincent's Hospital in Darlinghurst, Sydney. She was appointed the Sisters hospital administrator for Bathurst from 1932 to 1937 and Lismore from 1938 to 1941, followed by a five-year term at St Vincent's Private Hospital Sydney in Darlinghurst. Ackman was elected to the Sisters general council in 1949, and was sent to Kangaroo Point, Brisbane in March 1953, where she was involved with setting up a town office ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Margaret Ackman
Margaret Ackman was a Guyanese politician and a founding member of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR). Early life Margaret Ackman was born in the family of Frederick Ackman, a politician of the People's Progressive Party. Career Ackman was one of the founding members of the socialist People’s National Congress Reform and from 1969 to 1980, she represented PNCR in the Guyanese parliament. In June 1953, Ackman was elected the president of Women's Progressive Organisation's permanent committee. Fondly referred as " Madam Pandit", she was also an assistant general secretary in the party and president of Business & Professional Women's Club of Georgetown. After Patricia Limerick resigned from the Parliament, Ackman was made the government's whip, a post she held till 1973 before being appointed parliamentary secretary in Prime Minister Forbes Burnham's office (1973–80). Personal life On the insistence of a PRO of People's Temple Cult, Ackman had visited Jones ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Robert Ackman
Robert George Ackman, (September 27, 1927 – July 16, 2013) was a Canadian chemist and professor. He was best known for his pioneering work on marine oils and Omega-3 fatty acid. Born in Dorchester, New Brunswick, his education included a B.A. degree in organic chemistry from the University of Toronto received in 1950, an M.Sc. in organic chemistry from Dalhousie University received in 1952, a Ph.D. degree in organic chemistry from the University of London received in 1956, and a D.I.C. in organic chemistry from Imperial College London. From 1950 to 1953, he was a research assistant with the Atlantic Fisheries Experimental Station of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada. From 1956 to 1979, he was with the Halifax Laboratory, Fisheries Research Board of Canada as a research chemist, program head for marine oils, assistant director, technological consultant to chairman, group leader of marine lipids, and division chief of marine lipids. From 1979 to 1995, he was a Professor w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |