donor to Planned Parenthood. Since its inception, the foundation has committed more than $400 million in grants since 2006. In 2011, the Ackmans were on The Chronicle of Philanthropy'''s "Philanthropy 50" list of the most generous donors. In July 2014, Challenged Athletes Foundation, which provides sports equipment to those with physical disabilities, honored Ackman at a gala fundraiser at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York City for helping raise a record $2.3 million. On March 15, 2021, he announced that he donated 26.5 million shares in South Korean e-commerce company Coupang, valued at $1.36 billion, to three entities, one of them his own foundation. In December 2022, Ackman auctioned a luncheon with himself for charity in partnership with the David Lynch Foundation. The proceeds would go toward helping "New York's frontline healthcare workers, police and veterans who battle anxiety, depression, addiction and suicidality every day", with Ackman matching the winning bid to support the foundation. The highest winning bid over prior instances was $210,000. Ackman is a supporter of Dr. David M. Sabatini, a biologist who was previously fired by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and resigned from the Whitehead Institute and MIT due to allegations and investigations of sexual misconduct. In March 1, 2022, at a Pershing Square Foundation event, he delivered remarks about Sabatini’s unfair treatment. In February 2023, Ackman announced that the Pershing Square Foundation would fund Dr. Sabatini $25 million ($5 million per year for 5 years) to establish a new laboratory. Personal life Ackman married Karen Ann Herskovitz, a landscape architect, on July 10, 1994 and they have three children. On December 22, 2016, it was reported that the couple had separated. As of 2017, Ackman owned a Gulfstream G550 business jet. In 2018, Ackman became engaged to Dr. Neri Oxman. In January 2019, Oxman and Ackman married at the Central Synagogue in Manhattan, and they had their first child together in spring 2019. In August 2019, Ackman wrote to MIT to discourage them from revealing the $125,000 donation that Jeffrey Epstein made to Oxman’s lab. Ackman endorsed Michael Bloomberg as a prospective candidate for President of the United States in the 2016 presidential election. He is a longtime donor to Democratic candidates and organizations, including Richard Blumenthal, Chuck Schumer, Robert Menendez, the Democratic National Committee, and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. Books Ackman, Bill with Pershing Square Capital Management (2014). Who Wants to