{
  "id": 18503,
  "url": "https://fortune.com/2026/08/11/how-a-book-that-inspired-warren-buffett-and-a-14000-side-hustle-helped-billionaire-bill-ackman-get-started-as-an-investor",
  "title": "How a book that inspired Warren Buffett and a $14,000 side hustle helped billionaire Bill Ackman get started as an investor",
  "summary": "Pershing Square Capital Management CEO Bill Ackman says he was inspired to become an investor after working at his dad’s real estate company.",
  "authors": "Emma Burleigh",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "regulation,finance-investment",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": null,
  "published_at": "2026-08-11T16:44:21.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-08-12T05:10:43.828Z",
  "source_slug": "x-fortune-ai",
  "source_name": "Fortune AI",
  "source_homepage": "https://fortune.com/section/artificial-intelligence/",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18503",
  "original_url": "https://fortune.com/2026/08/11/how-a-book-that-inspired-warren-buffett-and-a-14000-side-hustle-helped-billionaire-bill-ackman-get-started-as-an-investor",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}