Thursday, July 30, 2026

Billionaire Picks

For Q2 2026, Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Capital Management fund has these as his top holdings.

Brookfield Inc. (TSE: BN). For future infrastructure buildup Brookfield will partake in many private firms. 17.6% of portfolio.

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) for its AWS which powers cloud computing world wide. 17.4%.

Uber for its coming autonomous vehicles. 15.7%

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT). 15.3%.

Restaurant Brands International Inc (NYSE: QSR) - consistent fees from franchisees. 12.2%

Hilton Worldwide (HLT) ~8–9%

Howard Hughes Holdings (HHH) ~5–6%

Note that Ackman sold most of his Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) holding - reducing it from 6.1m to 312K shares! The reason is thought to be for the new large purchase of Amazon.


Warren Buffett added Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) just prior before stepping down as chairman of B-H.


Seth Klarman's The Baupost Group. He is a cautious value investor. This information is from the Q1, 2026 filing.

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) - increased his holding by 47% in the latest quarter, so it is now the largest holding - 12.7% of portfolio.

Restaurant Brands International Inc (NYSE: QSR) 11.67% of portfolio

WESCO International WCC ~7.7%

Union Pacific UNP ~7.3%

Elevance Health ELV ~7.3%

Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) increased position to ~6%

Willis Towers Watson WTW ~6%

Visa (NYES: V) - new purchase - sold three other fintech companies to buy this.

Aon plc (NASDAQ: AON) - new purchase worth about $250m. An insurance advisory company.

Norwegian Cruise Lines (NASDAQ: NCLH) - about $67m worth. Bought when price had declined.


Stanley Druckenmiller's Duquesne Capital holdings:

Natera Inc (NASDAQ: NTRA) - largest holding at 18.1%. A drug company current specializing in cancer screening test.

iShares MSCI Brazil ETF (NYSE: EWZ) - 8.7-9.9%

Insmed Inc (NASDAQ: INSM) - 5.6% holding. Another drug company. 5.6%

Taiwan Semiconductor (NYSE: TSM) - 5%

Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF (RSP) - 4.7%

YPF (YPF) - 4.4%

BBB Foods (TBBB) - 3.3%

Alcoa (AA) - 2.9%

NewAmsterdam Pharma (NAMS) - 2.9%

Sea Ltd. (SE) - 2.7%

Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO) - a new purchase in Q1, 2026 but must be small because the above list is in order of holding size.

Billionaire Picks

For Q2 2026, Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Capital Management fund has these as his top holdings. Brookfield Inc. (TSE: BN ). For future inf...