Early Life
Ackman was raised in a Jewish family in Chappaqua, New York. His father is Lawrence Ackman, the chairman of a New York real estate financing firm, Ackman-Ziff Real Estate Group. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree magna cum laude from Harvard College in 1988, and an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1992.
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