ClaimsBill Ackman

“Paul is now ready to do his own thing and I expect him to be a great success.”

Bill Ackman, Pershing Square letter January 2016 Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Annual Investor Letter (2015 letter) (GuruFocus)

Prediction Their own work or organisation

Bill Ackman said Paul was ready to pursue his own venture and that he expected him to be a great success.

Unresolvable The public record could not settle it.

Prediction: Statements about events outside the person's control, checked once they fell due: did they come true?

Said for an organisation they lead or work for; it counts on both records.

Reasoning

'Great success' is vague and has no horizon.

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Bill Ackman, “Bill Ackman said Paul was ready to pursue his own venture and that he expected him to be a great success.” (said January 2016). Verdict: unresolvable. Reliability API, claim c_df6582492709, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_df6582492709

This claim is in dataset release v1.1.2, with the same verdict.

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