>“Importantly, there are hundreds of millions of dollars of capital available to back a competitor to Mamdani that can be put together overnight (believe me, I am in the text strings and the WhatsApp groups) so that a great alternative candidate won’t spend any time,” he wrote.


>“So if the right candidate would raise his or her hand tomorrow, the funds will pour in.”

https://fortune.com/2025/06/26/bill-ackman-bankroll-nyc-mayoral-candidate-defeat-zohran-mamdani/

>As of May 2025, Ackman's net worth was estimated at $13.4 billion by Forbes. He is from Chappaqua, New York