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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Josh Marcus

This billionaire just helped topple UPenn’s president. Is Harvard next?

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Bill Ackman is certainly feeling confident, and it’s not hard to imagine why.

The hedge billionaire and Harvard alumnus helped make a national scandal out of a controversial letter from Harvard students that blamed Israeli policy towards Palestinians for setting the stage for the 7 October Hamas attacks, fueling calls to blacklist the student-activists involved. His fingerprint on the present conversation is undeniable.

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