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The Ackman-Döpfner Non-Escalation Treaty

A recent dinner between the Axel Springer C.E.O. and the aggrieved hedge fund manager and proud husband likely paved the way for an end to the Business Insider-Neri Oxman contretemps.

Mathias Döpfner
At the very least, the Ackman-Döpfner summit almost certainly set the stage for a more sensible, non-litigious end to this whole affair. Photo: Kay Nietfeld/picture alliance/Getty Images
Dylan Byers
February 21, 2024

Late last month, at the urging of mutual acquaintances, Bill Ackman, the voluble hedge fund manager and self-styled messiah of the anti-woke movement, and Mathias Döpfner, the Axel Springer chairman and C.E.O., agreed to meet for dinner at Daniel, on East 65th Street. The summit was, of course, an attempt at détente.