How Did Bill Ackman Meet Neri Oxman?

Bill Ackman met Neri Oxman after a 78-year-old Harvard professor called to set him up, and he waited because she had a boyfriend. About six months later a friend described the same woman, and Bill Ackman recognized the match.

While Bill Ackman and his ex-wife were splitting, they sent a friend an email of the kind Gwyneth Paltrow invented, saying they were splitting. Bill Ackman thinks the call came later that day or the following day. The professor said he had the most amazing woman for him, named her Neri Oxman, and invited him to a dinner party in a couple of weeks, with the caveat that her boyfriend would be there. Bill Ackman said the professor was wonderful and gay, that he did not know how good the professor was at selecting women, and that gay men can have very good views on women. The professor was older, Bill Ackman was not sure, and she had a boyfriend, so Bill Ackman asked to wait until she was no longer going with the guy.

They waited. About six months later a friend texted Bill Ackman that he had just met the most incredible woman and described her exactly as the professor had. Bill Ackman said the description sounded familiar and that the professor had wanted to introduce him to someone.