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Hedge-Fund Manager Brings Financial Know-How To Philanthropy

The Chronicle Of Philanthropy | Posted 05.25.2011

A few years ago, Cheryl L. Dorsey was hosting a lunch for Echoing Green Foundation, the social-entrepreneurship fund she runs, when a man she had neve...

Fight Club: Ackman's Hedge Fund Vs. Wall Street's Ponzi Machine

Janet Tavakoli | Posted 05.25.2011

Janet Tavakoli

If a corrupt scheme is "making money," everyone involved--from the culprits to the dupes--viciously attacks anyone who tries to expose it. Hedge fund manager Bill Ackman learned this lesson the hard way.