Bill Ackman quase perdeu a filha. Agora, vai transformar tragédia em esperança
No começo deste ano, uma mulher de 26 anos foi encontrada inconsciente no apartamento onde morava, no Brooklyn. Só 19 horas depois – muito além da “janela” de resposta necessária em casos deste tipo – Lucy passou por uma cirurgia de emergência no Mount Sinai Hospital. Ela havia sofrido uma hemorragia cerebral massiva. Seu pai […] The post Bill Ackman quase perdeu a filha. Agora, vai transformar…
Bill Ackman, the founder of Pershing Square, recently lost his 26-year-old daughter Lucy, who suffered a massive cerebral hemorrhage and was found unconscious in her Brooklyn apartment. After weeks in a coma, Lucy survived but faced severe disabilities, including loss of vision and motor skills. Ackman and his wife, designer Neri Oxman, have transformed this tragedy into hope by announcing a $400 million donation to create the Ackman Oxman Institute (AOI) in New York.
The AOI aims to be the world's leading center for brain research, rehabilitation, and longevity, focusing on neurosurgery, neuroscience, rehabilitation, nutrition, brain-computer interfaces, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, clinical trials, and life extension programs. The institute will operate its own venture capital arm, reinvesting profits into new research, and will be headquartered on the Upper West Side.
Ackman and Oxman plan to establish a similar institute within five years, inspired by the loss of Oxman's mother to Alzheimer's disease, and have already gathered a distinguished advisory board.
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