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Real estate company that built immense wealth managing a small city, used as a comparison for Howard Hughes.

Billionaire owner of the Irvine Company who created massive wealth managing municipal real estate.

Small city in Nevada owned by the Howard Hughes Corporation.

Bankrupt real estate company that became Ackman's most successful equity investment and spun off Howard Hughes.

Real estate development company Ackman is transforming into an insurance float compounding machine.

Insurance company where Ben Graham made the majority of his wealth.

Legendary value investor who focused on liquidations and cash balance sheets.

Organizations operated by their creators, often exhibiting superior technical vision and long-term planning.

Jeff Bezos' space company, noted as being significantly behind SpaceX in development.

An investor and entrepreneur known for bidding on legacy internet companies to operationalize them.

Billionaire investor who encouraged Bill Ackman to invest in SpaceX.

CFO of OpenAI, praised by Bill Ackman for her thoughtful explanation of the company's capital commitments.