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Watch the 2020 Pershing Square Challenge

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Watch the 2019 Pershing Square Challenge

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Watch the 2018 Pershing Square Challenge

Each year the Heilbrunn Center presents the Pershing Square [Philanthropic] Challenge which is the culmination of a three-month competition among roughly forty teams of first- and second-year Columbia Business School Students enrolled in the Center's Applied Security Analysis course. Learn more: https://www8.gsb.columbia.edu/valueinvesting/events/pershing

Watch the 2017 Pershing Square Challenge

On April 19, a team of Columbia Business School students won the first-place prize of $100,000 for their pitch of Yum China (YUMC) stock to a panel of experts led by Bill Ackman, founder and CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management LP, while another team clinched second prize - $50,000 - for their short on Smucker's (SJM).

Watch Pershing Square Winners on CNBC: April 23, 2016

Pershing Square Challenge: April 20, 2016

THE WINNING PERSHING SQUARE CHALLENGE TEAM: THAIS FERNANDES, joanna vu, and melody li

THE WINNING PERSHING SQUARE CHALLENGE TEAM: THAIS FERNANDES, joanna vu, and melody li

UNC Alpha Challenge: November 22, 2014

the winning unc alpha challenge Team: congrats to csima members kevin Lin, damian creber and ed reynolds for taking home first prize with their cardtronics short and mrc global long PITCH

the winning unc alpha challenge Team: congrats to csima members kevin Lin, damian creber and ed reynolds for taking home first prize with their cardtronics short and mrc global long PITCH

UVA Stock Pitch Competition: November 15, 2014

The winning darden virginia investing challenge team: congrats to csima members sisy wang, Brendan dawson, and aaron purcell for taking home first prize with their solarcity short pitch

The winning darden virginia investing challenge team: congrats to csima members sisy wang, Brendan dawson, and aaron purcell for taking home first prize with their solarcity short pitch