Billionaire Bill Ackman Calls Harvard Board to Resign, Citing DEI as Root Cause

‘Then new Corporation board members should be identified who bring true diversity, viewpoint and otherwise, to the board,’ Mr. Ackman said.

Bill Ackman, CEO of Pershing Square Capital, speaks at the Wall Street Journal Digital Conference in Laguna Beach, Calif., on Oct. 17, 2017. Mike Blake /Reuters

Billionaire Bill Ackman called members of the Harvard Corporation, the school’s governing Board, to step down following the departure of its former president, Claudine Gay, over plagiarism accusations and the anti-Semitism on campus congressional hearing.

“The Corporation Board should not remain in their seats protected by the unusual governance structure which enabled them to obtain their seats,” said Mr. Ackman, a Harvard graduate in his X post on Jan. 3.