Bill Ackman gives $10K to family of Alex Pretti – Business News
Bill Ackman has donated $10,000 to the family of slain anti-ICE protester Alex Pretti simply days after he was fatally shot by a US Border Patrol agent in Minneapolis.
Ackman, the billionaire founder of hedge fund Pershing Square Capital Management, made the donation by means of the online crowdfunding web site GoFundMe, which as of Monday afternoon had raised more than $1.2 million for Pretti’s family.
Bill Ackman, the billionaire founder of Pershing Square Capital Management, donated $10,000 to a GoFundMe marketing campaign for the family of Alex Pretti following the Minneapolis taking pictures. AFP by way of Getty Images
Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse and US citizen, was fatally shot on Saturday during a confrontation with federal brokers in Minneapolis whereas he was filming an enforcement motion tied to heightened ICE operations within the metropolis.
Hours after the incident, Ackman appeared to blame Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz for his death, writing on X: “It is almost as if the governor of Minnesota called for protesters to intervene in ICE enforcements in an incendiary manner?”
“Inciting the people to rise up against law enforcement is guaranteed to end badly, and now we have seen the tragic consequences,” the billionaire added, calling on Walz “and those that emulate him” to “take the temperature down before more lives are lost.”
Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse and US citizen, was fatally shot by federal immigration brokers in Minneapolis on Saturday whereas filming an enforcement motion tied to heightened ICE operations. AP
Earlier this month, Ackman donated $10,000 to a GoFundMe that was created to help Jonathan Ross, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who fatally shot Renee Nicole Good, 37, during a site visitors stop in Minneapolis.
The donation to Ross sparked anger on social media as web customers demanded a boycott of Tex-Mex fast-casual chain Chipotle, which counted Ackman’s Pershing Square amongst its traders almost a decade in the past.
A GoFundMe marketing campaign for the family of Alex Pretti has raised more than $1.2 million. US Department of Veterans Affairs/AFP by way of Getty Images
The company sought to distance itself from Ackman by reminding the public that the hedge fund mogul is “not affiliated with Chipotle” after Pershing Square offered all of its holdings within the chain as of late final 12 months.
Ackman defended the donation, writing on X that he’s a “big believer in our legal principle that one is innocent until proven guilty” — including that he’d wished to donate to Good’s family fundraiser however mentioned it was closed by the time he tried it.
What is it about Minneapolis that the 2 tragic ICE shootings befell there within two or so weeks of one another? Could it actually be a coincidence?It is nearly as if the governor of Minnesota referred to as for protestors to intervene in ICE enforcements in an incendiary method?…— Bill Ackman (@BillAckman) January 24, 2026
Earlier this month, Bill Ackman donated $10,000 to a GoFundMe marketing campaign supporting Jonathan Ross, the ICE agent who fatally shot Renee Nicole Good during a site visitors stop in Minneapolis. GoFundMe
I’ve been extensively reviled (and worse) by many on social and mainstream media for giving $10,000 to a @gofundme for Jonathan Ross, the officer who tragically killed Renee Good. [I had also attempted to support the gofundme for Renee Good’s family, but it was already closed as it…— Bill Ackman (@BillAckman) January 13, 2026
He had not addressed his donation to Pretti’s family on his X account as of Monday afternoon.
“My donation to Ross has been characterized in social media by the press as my ‘giving a reward to the murderer of Renee Good’ likely in an effort to generate clicks and boost virality, and by some to advance their political objectives,” Ackman wrote earlier this month.
Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old US citizen and mother of three, was fatally shot by an ICE agent in Minneapolis on Jan. 7. REUTERS
He insisted that his “purpose in supporting Ross” and “attempting to support Good” was “not to make a political statement.”
“I was simply continuing my longstanding commitment to assisting those accused of crimes of providing for their defense,” Ackman wrote.
“I strongly believe that only a detailed forensic investigation by experts and a deep understanding of the law that applies will enable us to determine whether Ross is guilty of murder.”
The Post has sought comment from Ackman and Pretti’s family.
