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Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P.

New York, NYSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 132982

Filed as PERSHING SQUARE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P.

Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in New York, NY, registered since 2004, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated June 3, 2026.

21 years
registered since 2004
$25,061,606,673
assets under management
4 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees and more
3
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P. compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P. reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; fixed fees (other than subscription fees); performance-based fees; other.

Where is Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P. located?

Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P.'s principal office is in New York, NY, according to its Form ADV.

Is Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P. registered with the SEC or a state?

Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2004. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 132982.

How much does Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P. manage?

Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P. reports $25,061,606,673 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated June 3, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P.'s assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P.: Regulatory assets under management: $14,452,285,927 in the October 2021 data and $25,061,606,673 in the October 2026 data, up 73%. Total employees: 39 in October 2021 and 48 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P. serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (4); investment companies (1); corporations or other businesses not listed above (1).

Does Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P. report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 3 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.C(2) (SEC or CFTC finding of a violation), 11.C(4) (SEC or CFTC order), and 11.C(5) (SEC or CFTC civil money penalty or cease-and-desist order). Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates, and one event can produce several yes answers. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/132982

What changed in Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P.'s recent Form ADV filings?

In the July 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $19,766,228,425 to $25,061,606,673 (+27%). Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

From the Form ADV filing

Every figure below is as the firm filed it with regulators, as of October 2026.

How the firm is compensated

Item 5.E
  • A percentage of assets under your management
  • Fixed fees (other than subscription fees)
  • Performance-based fees
  • Other

Item 5.E lists how the firm is compensated for its advice; Items 5.B, 6.A, and 7.A show whether its people or related companies can also earn commissions. Percentage of assets, fixed, hourly, subscription, and performance-based fees come from clients (a performance-based fee depends on investment results); commissions come with a sale or a trade, often from the company behind the product. How fees, commissions, and other arrangements differ

Fees and minimums

Form ADV Part 2A

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies. See the firm's brochure (dated June 3, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$25,061,606,673

$25,061,606,673 as of October 2026, filing dated June 3, 2026.

Discretionary: $25,061,606,673.Non-discretionary: $0.

A measure of scale, not skill or returns. Discretionary means the firm decides trades; non-discretionary means clients approve each one. What assets under management means

Who the firm serves

Item 5.D
Individuals (other than high net worth individuals)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 1 Assets $5,673,725,492 (23%)
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 4 Assets $19,387,881,181 (77%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 1 Assets $0 (0%)
Other
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)

A firm with no individual clients is an institutional manager even if it manages billions; the mix tells you whom the practice is built around.

Advisory services

Item 5.G
  • Portfolio management for investment companies (and business development companies)
  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Also doing business as
PERSHING SQUARE
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2004 (21 years)
Employees
Total: 48. Performing investment advisory functions: 11.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
States registered or notice-filed
1 state or jurisdiction
TX

SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

3 Reports 3 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Questions answered yes on this filing

Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G

  • 11.C(2) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of SEC or CFTC regulations or statutes?
  • 11.C(4) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever entered an order against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related activity?
  • 11.C(5) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever imposed a civil money penalty on the firm or an advisory affiliate, or ordered the firm or an advisory affiliate to cease and desist from an activity?

Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates: its current employees other than clerical staff, its officers, partners, and directors, and anyone who controls the firm or is controlled by it. One event can produce yes answers to several questions. SEC-registered advisers and exempt reporting advisers may leave out events more than ten years old, and may answer 11.A(2) and 11.B(2) for pending charges only. What happened, and who was involved, is on the Disclosure Reporting Pages of the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$14.5B 2021 $16.8B 2022 $16B 2023 $18.6B 2024 $18.3B 2025 $25.1B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$25,061,606,67348June 3, 2026
October 2025$18,251,179,28939June 5, 2025
October 2024$18,634,307,41441August 15, 2024
October 2023$15,999,539,52439May 15, 2023
October 2022$16,798,430,68140June 10, 2022
October 2021$14,452,285,92739March 31, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $14,452,285,927 in the October 2021 data and $25,061,606,673 in the October 2026 data, up 73%.

Total employees: 39 in October 2021 and 48 in October 2026.

As filed in each year's data for the same month. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going; they measure scale, not skill or returns. Most firms update these figures once a year.

Changes in the filing

Last 12 months
  1. July 2026
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $19,766,228,425 to $25,061,606,673 (+27%).
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 10 to 11.

Compared month to month from the SEC's monthly adviser data and the state compilation feed. Owners and control persons are summarized, never named.

Websites listed on Form ADV

Item 1.I
pershingsquareinc.compscmevents.com

Source: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."

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AdvisorCensus. Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P. (CRD 132982): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
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