Pershing Square

Interesting that Pershing Square manages around $20B in assets but only have around 10 investment analysts. Looking at their backgrounds, they don't hire MBAs but recruit those who did standard top banking+PE route (Goldman/KKR, Goldman/Apollo, Centerview/Warburg Pincus, Evercore/Hellman & Friedman). Surprised at how lean they are given the AUM size. And those guys are probably making ~$1M/year on average. 

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Median pay of $1m seems more reasonable, definitely not on average. 

 
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I'm just waiting to find out 6 months from now what his actual positioning is. He can't stop tweeting about how the banks will fail and yet claims he has no long/short positions in the banks so he can continue to be part of the conversation (giving pontificating VC vibes). 

I know he's smart and greedy so just know he's talking up some indirect bet again.

 

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