Pershing Square started slowly with Paul Hilal because his prior focus was technology and the firm had never made a technology investment.
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Reasoning
The reason for a slow start is internal reasoning.
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Bill Ackman, “Pershing Square started slowly with Paul Hilal because his prior focus was technology and the firm had never made a technology investment.” (said January 2016). Verdict: own records only. Reliability API, claim c_b39d734a8bad, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_b39d734a8bad
This claim is in dataset release v1.1.2, with the same verdict.
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