PERSHING SQUARE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
Headquarters: New York
CEO: William Ackman, 41
Holdings: Ackman has bumped up his stake in Target Corp. to 9.97 percent. In July, Pershing Square owned a 9.6 percent stake in Target.
Other investments: Barnes and Noble Inc., Borders Group Inc., McDonalds Corp. and Sears Holding Corp.
Previous holdings: Acquired nearly 21.4 million shares, or 15 percent, in Ceridian Corp., and helped push it into a merger last fall. Pershing Square acquired more than 5 percent of Wendy's International Inc. and pushed it to spin off its Canadian doughnut subsidiary, Tim Horton's Inc.
![Attendees of Frostbike made their way through the convention Saturday at the Quality Bike Products campus in Minneapolis. ] (AARON LAVINSKY/STAR TRIBUNE) aaron.lavinsky@startribune.com Frostbike 2016 was held at the Quality Bike Products Campus on Saturday, Feb. 27, 2016 in Bloomington, Minn.](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/NH2BSHB74ND2V6GF2G2HI5X4MM.jpg?&w=252&ar=3:2&fit=crop)
