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Pershing Square Challenge

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Columbia Business School · Equity · Spring official page →

Internal CBS competition; ~40 teams submit, 5 finalists present to Bill Ackman and judges. Near-complete finalist lists with YouTube recordings.

17 pitches across 6 editions

19th Pershing Square Challenge · 5 pitches

DASH — open
DASH
DoorDash
1st ($100k)
Columbia Business School
long +40.8% worked Curated

Zekun Feng, Aaron Samuels, Elliot O. Tompras

BKR — open
BKR
Baker Hughes
2nd ($30k)
Columbia Business School
long -0.1% inconclusive Curated

Cameron Degan, Karl Eshwer, Greer Lafontant

CELH — open
CELH
Celsius Holdings
3rd ($20k)
Columbia Business School
long +14.8% partial Curated
AMADY — open
AMADY
Amadeus IT Group
Finalist
Columbia Business School
long +10.8% inconclusive Curated
MSA — open
MSA
MSA Safety
Finalist
Columbia Business School
long +17.1% worked Curated

18th Pershing Square Challenge · 1 pitch

CSL — open
CSL
Carlisle Companies
1st ($100k)
Columbia Business School
long -0.7% inconclusive Curated

Dimitry Karavaikin, Erik Listoe, Tuan Nguyen

17th Pershing Square Challenge · 2 pitches

VVV — open
VVV
Valvoline
1st ($100k)
Columbia Business School
long -23.5% failed Curated

Jared Duda, Joe Ferguson, Garrett Wallis

POOL — open
POOL
Pool Corporation
2nd ($50k)
Columbia Business School
short +45.2% failed Curated

16th Pershing Square Challenge · 5 pitches

LAD — open
LAD
Lithia Motors
1st ($100k)
Columbia Business School
long +35.8% worked Curated

Samuel Hook, Thomas Schlabach, Nick Stern

ABNB — open
ABNB
Airbnb
2nd ($50k)
Columbia Business School
long +48.2% worked Curated

Sanjiv Ahluwalia, Vania Diez-Canseco, Arthur Siddharta

FERG — open
FERG
Ferguson Enterprises
Finalist
Columbia Business School
long +50.4% worked Curated
NSP — open
NSP
Insperity
Finalist
Columbia Business School
long -55.1% failed Curated
PLNT — open
PLNT
Planet Fitness
Finalist
Columbia Business School
long -23.8% failed Curated

15th Pershing Square Challenge · 2 pitches

PGNY — open
PGNY
Progyny
1st ($100k)
Columbia Business School
short +4.7% failed Curated

Georgina Cheng, Ma Lang, Bohan Xue

CARG — open
CARG
CarGurus
2nd ($50k)
Columbia Business School
long +63.1% worked Curated

Edison Chang, Justin Manevski, William Wu

14th Pershing Square Challenge · 2 pitches

DLB — open
DLB
Dolby Laboratories
1st ($100k)
Columbia Business School
long -38.2% failed Curated

Paul Chandler, Jack Devine, David Kilgariff

ANGI — open
ANGI
Angi Inc.
2nd ($50k)
Columbia Business School
long -96.4% failed Curated

Bill Henry, Tom Moore, Dickson Pau