Before becoming a billionaire investor, Bill Ackman’s journey began with a $14,000 Harvard sales job and a book linked to Warren Buffett
- PC: FortuneBill Ackman’s investment career can be traced back to a surprisingly modest beginning: a college sales job that earned him $14,000.
- While studying at Harvard, Ackman sold advertising for the student-produced Let’s Go travel guides on commission, discovering that he had a knack for turning sales into serious money.
- The experience offered an early glimpse of the commercial world, but his direction changed after graduation, when he joined his father’s New York real estate business.
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- PC: FortuneBill Ackman’s investment career can be traced back to a surprisingly modest beginning: a college sales job that earned him $14,000.
- While studying at Harvard, Ackman sold advertising for the student-produced Let’s Go travel guides on commission, discovering that he had a knack for turning sales into serious money.
- The experience offered an early glimpse of the commercial world, but his direction changed after graduation, when he joined his father’s New York real estate business.
Sources: Times of India