Have they reached a détente regarding foie gras?
after bill ackman threatened to sue Business Insider last monthspies told Page Six that the billionaire hedge fund manager was spotted dining at Daniel’s last week with Matthias Dopfner, CEO of Business Insider’s parent company, Axel Springer. .
Mr. Ackman and Mr. Dopfner raised eyebrows when they said they were “sitting together in the corner” at the upscale Upper East Side restaurant Daniel, where they ate a four-course prix-fixe dinner for $188 per person. It will be done.
“They got a lot of attention. They seemed very peaceful and seemed like they were having a good time, and it was certainly a great interaction,” the source said.
We also heard that Dopfner picked the duo’s tab.
Officials also said that from across the room, it looked more like a meal than a business meeting.
But it’s unclear what chef Daniel Boulud was discussing about the dish.
Sources said the restaurant’s power diners were buzzing.
The “hearty” meal comes after Axel Springer’s Business Insider published two articles accusing Ackman’s wife Neri Oxman of plagiarism. The offer comes after the magazine threatened to sue the magazine last month.
Oxman is a renowned artist and architect who has exhibited at MoMA and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, taught at the MIT Media Lab, and taught at the MIT Media Lab. We designed a series of 3D printed masks For Björk.
Axel Springer is a German media company that also owns brands such as Politico and Bild.
For Business Insider Oxman’s work the outspoken Mr. Ackman posted on X. “Cheers Business Insider. We’ll hear from you in the coming weeks.”
Referring to the blockbuster film Gladiator, he added: “Here’s what it’ll look like: On my cue, hell will break loose.”
Business Insider CEO Barbara Peng previously issued a statement defending Business Insider’s reporting, saying at the time that there was “no unfair bias or personal, political or religious motivation in pursuing this story.” Stated.
oxman Claim by Business Insider I came after speaking up. Ackman criticized Harvard University President Claudine Gay.
gay I retired last month Amid outrage over her appearance at a Congressional hearing on anti-Semitism, her academic work has been accused of containing examples of unfairly credited work. (Gay denied her wrongdoing.)
But amidst all the controversy, Ackmann also said, before slamming Business Insider again, “I have spoken out about Matthias Dopfner, CEO and major shareholder of Axel Springer, from friends whose opinions I trust.” “I heard some really great things from you,” he posted on X.
A representative did not comment.
