Invoice Ackman, founder and CEO of Pershing Square Funds Management.
Adam Jeffery | CNBC
Hedge fund billionaire Invoice Ackman and his spouse Neri Oxman are obtaining a approximately 5% stake in the Tel Aviv Inventory Exchange, the exchange reported in a press launch Wednesday.
The announcement arrived as the Israeli bourse declared the pricing of a secondary featuring of 17,156,677 shares priced at 20.60 shekels ($5.50) for every share.
“The transaction drew sturdy desire from investors across Israel, the United States, Europe, and Australia, reflecting a robust vote of confidence in each the Tel Aviv Stock Trade and the Israeli economic climate at massive,” the assertion go through.
“Amid the distinguished customers had been Neri Oxman and Invoice Ackman who have agreed to obtain around a 4.9% equity stake in the TASE.”
Ackman, the CEO and founder of New York-based mostly Pershing Sq. Cash Management, has been a vocal supporter of Israel given that the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attack on the place that triggered an Israeli floor invasion of the Gaza Strip. His spouse, Neri Oxman, is an American-Israeli designer and professor.
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