Bill Ackman told the story of Donald Bren - the 27th richest man in America that almost nobody has heard of
he bought a fifth of Orange County for $337 million, one deal, 40 years - Forbes says he's worth $15 billion, Ackman says "Forbes is wrong, my guess is closer to $30 billion"
"one way to find a great business is look in the Forbes 400 and see where people made their money"
"we bought 25% of General Growth in 2008 for $60 million - it filed for bankruptcy - investors made a 100-fold return"
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