19th Annual Pershing Square Challenge (2026)
Date: April 30, 2026
First Place Winners: Zekun Feng ‘27, Aaron Samuels ‘27, and Elliot O. Tompras ‘27 who pitched DoorDash (DASH)
Second Place Winners: Cameron Degan ‘27, Karl Eshwer ‘27, and Greer Lafontant ‘27 who pitched Baker Hughes (BKR)
Third Place Winners: Jyas Totlani ‘27 and Hideyuki Okada ‘27 who pitched Celsius (CELH)
18th Annual Pershing Square Challenge (2025)
Date: April 25, 2025
First Place Winners: Dimitry Karavaikin ‘26, Erik Listoe ‘26 and Tuan Nguyen ‘26 who pitched Carlisle Companies Inc (CSL)
18th Annual Pershing Square Value Investing and Philanthropy Challenge
17th Annual Pershing Square Challenge (2024)
Date: April 30, 2024
First Place Winners: Jared Duda '25, Joe Ferguson '25, and Garrett Wallis '25 (VVV)
Second Place Winners: Morgan Zhang '25, Jennifer Ma '25, and Yadong Wei '24 (POOL - short)
17th Annual Pershing Square Value Investing and Philanthropy Challenge
16th Annual Pershing Square Challenge (2023)
Date: April 27, 2023
First Place Winners: Samuel Hook '24, Thomas Schlabach '24, and Nick Stern '24 (LAD)
Second Place Winners: Sanjiv Ahluwalia '23, Vania Diez-Canseco '23, and Arthur Siddharta '23 (ABNB)
15th Annual Pershing Square Challenge (2022)
Date: April 28, 2022
First Place Winners: Georgina Cheng '23, Ma Lang '23, and Bohan Xue '23 (PGNY - short)
Second Place Winners: Edison Chang '23, Justin Manevski '23, and William Wu '23 (CARG)
15th Annual Pershing Square Challenge
14th Annual Pershing Square Challenge (2021)
Date: April 15, 2021
First Place Winners: Paul Chandler '21, Jack Devine '21, and David Kilgariff '21, Dolby (DLB)
Second Place Winners: Bill Henry '22, Tom Moore '22, and Dickson Pau '22, Anji (ANGI)
14th Annual Pershing Square Challenge
13th Annual Pershing Square Challenge (2020)
Date: April 30, 2020
First Place Winners: Manas Bajaj '21, Akshay Chawla '21, and Amitaabh Sahai '21, EPAM Systems, Inc. (EPAM)
Second Place Winners: Kyle Campbell '21, Shaunak Misra '21, and Michael Weng '21, Sysco Corporation(SYY)
13th Annual Pershing Square Challenge
12th Annual Pershing Square Challenge (2019)
Date: May 2, 2019
First Place Winners: Laurent Liu '19, K.Y. Wong '20, and Mingming Wu '20, Dollarama, Inc. (DLMAF)
Second Place Winners: David Hao '20, Eric Niu '20, and Freda Zhuo '20, Aramark (ARMK)
12th Annual Pershing Square Challenge
11th Annual Pershing Square Challenge (2018)
Date: April 18, 2018
First Place Winners: Jade Hu '19, Asher Jacobs '19, and Rana Pritanjali '19, Stericycle, Inc. (SRCL)
Second Place Winners: Steven Cao '19, Winter Li '19, and Tyler Redd '19, Credit Acceptance Corporation (CACC)
Third Place Winners: Mike Allison '19, Eric Herzfeld '19, and Michael Wooten '19, Spotify Technology (SPOT)
11th Annual Pershing Square Challenge
10th Annual Pershing Square Challenge (2017)
Date: April 19, 2017
First Place Winners: Windsor Cristobal '18, Anji Lin'18, and Isabella Lin '18, Yum China (YUMC)
Second Place Winners: Nicholas Briody '18, Vy Huynh '18, and Antonio Lequerica '18, Smucker's (SJM)
9th Annual Pershing Square Challenge (2016)
Date: April 20, 2016
First Place Winners: Thais Fernandes '16, Melody Li '17, and Joanna Vu '17, Alimentation Couche-Tard (ATD.B)
Second Place Winners: Chris Andreola '16, Brandon Cohen '16, and Daniel Rudyak '17, Charles Schwab (SCHW)
8th Annual Pershing Square Challenge (2015)
Date: April 22, 2015
First Place Winners: Brendan Dawson '16, Patrick McDonald '16, and Moiz Valji '16, Altice (ATC)
Second Place Winners: Tyler Boone '16, Brandon Cohen '16, and Christopher Crawford '16, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCAU)
Third Place Winners: Damian Creber '16 and Michael Herman '16, Hospital Corporation of America (HCA)
7th Annual Pershing Square Challenge (2014)
Date: April 23, 2014
First Place Winners: Matt Ford '15, Oystein Kvaerner '15, and Brian Waterhouse '15, Allegion (ALLE)
Second Place Winners: Joseph Goldschmid '14, Allen Keel '14, and Mahmud Riffat '14, Cablevision Systems Corporation (CVC)
6th Annual Pershing Square Challenge (2013)
Date: April 24, 2013
First Place Winners: Richard Hunt '14, Stephen Lieu '14, and Rahul Raymoulik '14, Hertz (HTZ)
Second Place Winners: Jeremy Colvin '14, Eric Lai '14, and Akhil Subramanian '14, Dollar Tree (DLTR)
5th Annual Pershing Square Challenge (2012)
Date: April 25, 2012
First Place Winners: Anna Baghdasaryan '12, and Rohit Dhingra '12, Avon Products, Inc. (AVP)
Second Place Winners: Jonathan Au '13, Arjun Bhattacherjee '13, and Rory Ellison '13, Ingersoll-Rand PLC (IR)
Third Place Winners: Rod DeCrayencour '13, Jake Lubel '13, and Grant Smith '12, Legg Mason, Inc. (LM)
4th Annual Pershing Square Challenge (2011)
Date: April 8, 2011
First Place Winners: Cristiano Amoruso '12, Rick Carew '12, and Matthew Robinson '11, Motorola Solutions (MSI)
3rd Annual Pershing Square Challenge (2010)
Date: April 23, 2010
First Place Winners: Matthew Gordon '10, Garrett Jones '11, and Michael Smeets '11, Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR)
2nd Annual Pershing Square Challenge (2009)
Date: April 3, 2009
First Place Winners: Grant Bowman '10, John Piermont '10, and Tim Ruppert '09, Apollo Group, Inc. (APOL)
1st Annual Pershing Square Challenge (2008)
Date: April 25, 2008
First Place Winner: Shilpa K. Marda '09, Nutrisystem (NTRI)
For more information about past Pershing Square Challenges, please contact the Heilbrunn Center.
