Billionaire investor Bill Ackman has 'enormous respect' for Tesla chief Elon Musk, but isn't a fan of his tweets
Bill Ackman, chief executive officer and portfolio manager at Pershing Square Capital Management, speaks during the SALT conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. May 18, 2017.Billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman lauded Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on the latest episode of"I admire people like Elon Musk, I admire people who take on unbelievable challenges and succeed," the Pershing Square Capital boss said.
"The notion of building a car company to compete with the big car companies is something that on its own is fairly remarkable," Ackman continued. "If you do that a time when you're building a company to launch rockets into space I think it's even more remarkable."
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