The $2.3 Billion Ride: Inside Bill Ackman’s uber investment

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What drives a legendary investor like Bill Ackman to take a $2.3 billion ride with Uber just as the company shifts into high gear? After Uber’s stock tripled from its 2023 lows, Pershing Square made headlines with a bold investment in early 2025, one that’s already up 30%. But what does Ackman see in Uber’s future that gives him such conviction?

Join us on May 28th for an exclusive webinar, "The $2.3 Billion Ride: Inside Bill Ackman’s Uber Investment." This session is led by Fundamental Edge instructor Paul Johnson.

You’ll get hands-on experience with institutional-grade valuation models and frameworks rarely taught outside top MBA programs, using Uber’s real-time data to practice your analysis. Throughout the session, you’ll have direct Q&A access to a seasoned professor who’s been teaching value investing principles to Wall Street’s top investors for over 30 years.

Webinar Details:

  • Date: May 28, 2025

  • Time: 12:00 PM ET

  • Duration: 1 hour

In this Webinar:

  • Master strategic analysis techniques for evaluating high-profile business revivals like Uber’s.

  • Apply institutional-grade frameworks to assess competitive moats and future prospects.

  • Explore how Ackman evaluates the future of autonomous vehicles (AVs) and Uber’s role in this transformation.

  • Understand what it means to invest with conviction—even when the market is skeptical.

  • Get direct Q&A access with a Program Director of the Wharton Online and Wall Street Prep Applied Value Investing Certificate Program, who has 30+ years of value investing expertise.

About Paul:

Paul Johnson, with 35 years of investment experience and 30 years as an adjunct professor, teaches value investing at Columbia Business School and Gabelli School of Business at Fordham University. Johnson holds an MBA from Wharton and a B.A. in Economics from UC Berkeley, and has co-authored notable books including "Pitch the Perfect Investment" and “The Gorilla Game.”

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