The Latest Breaking News from Neri Oxman

Billionaire investor Bill Ackman and his wife donate $400 million for brain research after their 26-year-old daughter suffers massive brain haemorrhage spending weeks in coma

Billionaire Bill Ackman and wife Neri Oxman have pledged $400 million to launch the Ackman Oxman Institute, a brain research and rehabilitation centre in New York, after their 26-year-old daughter Lucy survived a massive brain haemorrhage in February. Ackman said he wants cures and treatments for patients, not academic accolades.

The Economic Times · Aug 21

Billionaire Bill Ackman donates $400 million to brain research: shares heartbreaking story of daughter's coma, says he wants cure, not Nobel Prize winners

Billionaire Bill Ackman and his wife, Neri Oxman, announced their new commitment of $400 million to establish a new non-profit institute dedicated to brain research, rehabilitation, recovery and human longevity. The drive for this massive donation came from a tragic incident that shook Ackman. Sharing the heartbreaking story of their…

The Times of India · Aug 20

Bill Ackman's $400 million brain institute was inspired by his daughter—and built outside elite universities, which he says are losing talent

The billionaire investor said campus politics and funding cuts have made academia less attractive

Fortune · Aug 20

Bill Ackman ‘losing it’ over plagiarism allegations against wife, Axel Springer says

Business Insider ran reports on Neri Oxman, wife of billionaire investor who helped oust Harvard head over alleged plagiarism

The Guardian - US · Jan 11, 2024

Media now in Bill Ackman’s sights after wife embroiled in plagiarism row

Billionaire vows to tackle ‘problems with how our media operates’ after Neri Oxman accused of plagiarism in PhD thesis

The Guardian - US · Jan 9, 2024

Hell Hath No Fury

Plus: Nuking the Hamptons, upcharging the autists, tearing down the statues, and more...

Reason · Jan 8, 2024

Bill Ackman says lifting from Wikipedia is not plagiarism after his wife’s work questioned

‘Neri has yet to vet yesterday’s plagiarism allegations, but she will get to them when she has time to do so,’ Mr Ackman wrote

The Independent UK · Jan 7, 2024

Wife of investor who pushed for resignation of Harvard president faces plagiarism accusations

‘I regret and apologize for these errors,’ Neri Oxman wrote after she was made aware of some of the allegations

The Independent UK · Jan 6, 2024

Harvard President accused of failing to address campus anti-Semitism

Join the conversation on college campus antisemitism and the resignation of Claudine Gay, with Hillel International CEO Adam Lehman, exploring how universi...

Top News · Jan 6, 2024

Wife of financier who called for Harvard head’s exit faces plagiarism allegations

After Claudine Gay was ousted amid accusations of plagiarism, Neri Oxman was accused of copying from Wikipedia in dissertation

The Guardian - US · Jan 6, 2024