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

activismcorporate-governance— Pershing Square Annual Letter, 2013
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Concentrated portfolios are the only way to generate outsized returns. Diversification is for people who don't know what they're doing.

concentrationportfolio— Investor Conference, 2016
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I only invest when the downside is limited and the upside is enormous.

asymmetryrisk— Pershing Square Presentation, 2014
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Find a business you understand, with a dominant market position, where management has high integrity. That's it. That's the whole strategy.

businessvalue-investing— CNBC Interview, 2018
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Hell is coming. If you don't believe me now, you will in a few weeks.

crisismarkets— CNBC, 2020
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The best investment you can make is in businesses where there is enormous complexity on the surface but the core business is actually simple.

complexityinvesting— Harvard Business School Talk, 2015