Bill Ackman
Pershing Square Capital Management
Bill Ackman (Pershing Square Capital Management) discloses a $13.71B portfolio across 11 US-listed positions in the latest 13F filing (2026Q1, filed May 15, 2026). The largest holding is BN at 17.6% of the book. The biggest move of the quarter: opened a new position in MSFT ($2.09B). Latticework's clone backtest puts this 13F book at -2.3%/yr vs SPY over 12.0 years.
About Bill Ackman
Bill Ackman runs Pershing Square Capital Management, a concentrated, long-biased activist fund that typically holds fewer than fifteen positions — the 2026 Q1 13F shows eleven, with the top five accounting for roughly 78% of a $13.7B disclosed book. His edge, historically, has been identifying businesses with durable pricing power and then using an activist ownership stake to pressure management on capital allocation or strategic direction. He became widely known for a series of high-conviction macro overlays on top of the equity book: most notably, a CDS hedge on corporate credit indices at the onset of COVID-19 in early 2020 that returned roughly $2.6B on a ~$27M premium outlay, and a subsequent well-publicized short on the CDX at rising rate expectations. Readers parsing the 13F should understand that the filing captures only long equity and certain option positions reported to the SEC — Ackman's macro overlays, interest rate hedges, and short book do not appear, which is why cloned long-only backtests tend to diverge materially from Pershing Square's actual fund returns.
2026Q1 brief
Pershing Square's $13.7B concentrated book got a significant reshuffle in 2026Q1, with MSFT arriving as a new 15.3% position — instantly Ackman's fourth-largest holding — and slotting neatly alongside existing mega-cap tech exposure in AMZN (17.4%) and META (11.1%). The 95% liquidation of both GOOG (trimmed to a rounding-error 0.7%) and GOOGL (0.07%) is striking: Ackman is effectively rotating out of Alphabet entirely while doubling down on the broader software/platform theme via Microsoft, perhaps preferring Azure's enterprise AI positioning over Google's more advertising-dependent revenue mix. HLT (previously 5.6%) was fully exited, ending a hospitality bet that never fit cleanly with the rest of the book. The portfolio now sits at just 11 positions with top-5 concentration at 78%, dominated by BN, AMZN, UBER, MSFT, and QSR. Watch whether MSFT gets scaled further toward a top-3 slot in Q2, and whether the residual Alphabet stub gets cleaned out entirely.
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Holdings (11) · click any column to sort
| #↑ | Ticker | Issuer | % Port. | This Q | History | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BN | 17.6% | $2.42B | |||
| 2 | AMZN | 17.4% | $2.39B | |||
| 3 | UBER | 15.7% | $2.15B | |||
| 4 | MSFT | 15.3% | $2.09B | |||
| 5 | QSR | 12.2% | $1.67B | |||
| 6 | META | 11.1% | $1.52B | |||
| 7 | HHH | 8.7% | $1.19B | |||
| 8 | SEG | 0.8% | $108M | |||
| 9 | GOOG | 0.7% | $89M | |||
| 10 | HTZ | 0.5% | $70M | |||
| 11 | GOOGL | 0.1% | $9M |
- 1BNport17.6%val$2.42BBrookfield Corpthis Q hold·8q
- 2AMZNport17.4%val$2.39BAmazon.com Incthis Q hold·4q
- 3UBERport15.7%val$2.15BUber Technologies Incthis Q hold·5q
- 4MSFTport15.3%val$2.09BMicrosoft Corpthis Q New·—1q
- 5QSRport12.2%val$1.67BRestaurant Brands Internthis Q hold·40q
- 6METAport11.1%val$1.52BMeta Platforms Inc-class Athis Q hold·2q
- 7HHHport8.7%val$1.19BHoward Hughes Holdings Incthis Q hold·11q
- 8SEGport0.8%val$108MSeaport Entertainment Groupthis Q hold·7q
- 9GOOGport0.7%val$89MAlphabet Inc-cl Cthis Q -95%·13q
- 10HTZport0.5%val$70MHertz Global Hldgs Incthis Q hold·6q
- 11GOOGLport0.1%val$9MAlphabet Inc-cl Athis Q -95%·13q
All activity (2026Q1)
| Ticker | Issuer | Move | % Port. | Δ Shares | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSFT | Microsoft Corp | NEW | 15.3% | +100% | $2.09B |
| GOOG | Alphabet Inc-cl C | TRIM | 0.7% | -95% | $89M |
| HLT | Hilton Worldwide Holdings IN | EXIT | 5.6% | -100% | $0 |
| GOOGL | Alphabet Inc-cl A | TRIM | 0.1% | -95% | $9M |
- NEWMSFT15.3%Microsoft CorpΔ +100%·$2.09B
- TRIMGOOG0.7%Alphabet Inc-cl CΔ -95%·$89M
- EXITHLT5.6%Hilton Worldwide Holdings INΔ -100%·$0
- TRIMGOOGL0.1%Alphabet Inc-cl AΔ -95%·$9M
Frequently asked questions
- What stocks does Bill Ackman own?
- As of 2026Q1, Bill Ackman's 13F discloses 11 positions worth $13.71B. The top five holdings: BN (17.6%), AMZN (17.4%), UBER (15.7%), MSFT (15.3%), QSR (12.2%). 13F filings cover long US-listed equities only — cash, bonds, shorts, and non-US positions are not disclosed.
- What did Bill Ackman buy this quarter?
- In 2026Q1, the filing shows 1 new position and 0 additions to existing holdings. The largest positions touched by buying: MSFT.
- How big is Bill Ackman's portfolio?
- $13.71B across 11 positions per the latest 13F (filed May 15, 2026). The top five holdings account for 78% of the disclosed book.
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Long US equity 13F-HR filings only — no shorts, no derivatives. SEC filings at EDGAR (CIK 0001336528). Not investment advice.