Billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman called on Harvard to release the names of students whose organizations signed a letter blaming Israel for the Hamas attacks, so CEOs can avoid hiring them.
“I have been asked by a number of CEOs if Harvard would release a list of the members of each of the Harvard organizations that have issued the letter assigning sole responsibility for Hamas’ heinous acts to Israel, so as to insure that none of us inadvertently hire any of their members,” Ackman wrote in a post that has since racked up over 10 million views on X.
Now, a growing chorus of CEOs and investors are backing Ackman’s call.
“Share the list, please. We’ll stay away,” Ale Resnik, the CEO of rental housing startup Belong, replied to Ackman’s post on X.
Tech investor and entrepreneur Martin Varsavsky echoed the same sentiment. Varsavsky told Insider in a text message he thought Ackman was “right.
“I would like to know so I know never to hire these people,” Jonathan Newman, the CEO of salad chain Sweetgreen, wrote in response to Ackman.
“We are in as well,” said Michael Broukhim, the CEO of gift box membership company FabFitFun.
“Same,” wrote David Duel, CEO of healthcare services firm EasyHealth on X, in response to Newman
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