IPO ANALYSIS
PREMIUM
Pershing Square Inc: The Fee Machine Behind Ackman's Permanent Capital Franchise
Pershing Square Inc. (NYSE: PS) went public on April 29, 2026 via a novel combined listing structure in which its shares were distributed free to investors in the simultaneously launched $5 billion Pershing Square USA closed-end fund — placing the asset manager's fee stream in public hands without the company receiving a single dollar of IPO proceeds.