Pershing Square Capital Management LP founder William Ackmanwon his first hand in the Take ‘Em to School Poker Tournament last night but he didn’t last long. “I want to lose quickly so I can get home and see my kid,” Ackman … Continue reading »
Advanced Placement In high school, Whitney Tilson took six advanced-placement courses: calculus, biology, chemistry, physics, Spanish and English. Now he’s managing director and co-founder of hedge-fund firm T2 Partners LLC and four years into helping inner-city high-school students take AP … Continue reading »
Date: 05/27/2010 Time: 06:00 pm – 08:30 pm REACH: Rewarding Achievement cordially invites you to join Event Co-Chairs: Bill Ackman, Whitney Tilson 2010-2011 Goodwill Ambassadors: Tyson Beckford, Dean Cain, Hill Harper Confirmed Guests: Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Chancellor Joel Klein, Senior … Continue reading »
REACH Charitable Event. REACH will be hosting a special evening on the beautiful rooftop of Spa Chakra on Fifth Avenue on July 15th. In celebration of Spa Chakra’s newly launched REACH campaign, each VIP participant will receive a VIP gift … Continue reading »
Tami Kesselman knew Texas Hold’em wouldn’t cut it with her target donors: women hedge-fund executives, bankers, lawyers and other professionals. So the executive director of Reach: Rewarding Achievement, a New York educational nonprofit group, went with champagne and spa treatments. … Continue reading »
Financial Incentives Program Awards Nearly Half a Million Dollars to Low-Income and Minority Students and Their Teachers for Substantial Gains in Academic Performance Press Release NEW YORK, NY, August 11, 2010 – REACH: Rewarding Achievement, an incentive scholarship education reform … Continue reading »
By BESS LEVIN Last night was Bill Ackman and Whitney Tilson’s big poker tournament to benefit their charity, REACH, which gives inner-city high school students academic support and scholarships for passing AP exams. Some of the kids were there to … Continue reading »
Just an FYI: there are only ten seats left for tomorrow night’s tournament (benefiting Bill Ackman and Whitney Tilson’s Rewarding Achievement (REACH) program, which gives inner-city high school students academic support and scholarships for passing AP exams). Sign up right … Continue reading »
By Bess Levin Do you have plans on August 11? Do you fancy yourself a poker player? A really good poker player? Do you think you could beat David Einhorn, even if he’s wearing his lucky sweatshirt? Do you think … Continue reading »
Tami Kesselman knew Texas Hold’em wouldn’t cut it with her target donors: women hedge-fund executives, bankers, lawyers and other professionals. So the executive director of Reach: Rewarding Achievement, a New York educational nonprofit, went with champagne and spa treatments. She called … Continue reading »
