I only invest when the downside is limited and the upside is enormous.

riskasymmetryPershing Square Presentation, 2014

Find a business you understand, with a dominant market position, where management has high integrity. That's it. That's the whole strategy.

value-investingbusinessCNBC Interview, 2018

Hell is coming. If you don't believe me now, you will in a few weeks.

marketscrisisCNBC, 2020

The best investment you can make is in businesses where there is enormous complexity on the surface but the core business is actually simple.

investingcomplexityHarvard Business School Talk, 2015

Activists succeed because most companies are not run optimally. Management has too much job security, and boards are too friendly with management.

activismcorporate-governancePershing Square Annual Letter, 2013

Concentrated portfolios are the only way to generate outsized returns. Diversification is for people who don't know what they're doing.

concentrationportfolioInvestor Conference, 2016