Billionaire investor Bill Ackman donated $18,000 to a toddler whose parents were killed in the Highland Park shooting
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- Billionaire investor Bill Ackman has donated $18,000 to a fundraiser for 2-year-old Aiden McCarthy.
- The toddler's parents were killed in a mass shooting on the Fourth of July in Highland Park, Illinois.
- Ackman publicly condemned mass shootings in the US following the attack.
Billionaire investor Bill Ackman has donated $18,000 to a GoFundMe page raising funds for 2-year-old Aiden McCarthy, whose parents were killed at the Fourth of July shooting in Highland Park, Illinois.
The toddler was found covered in blood at the mass shooting, but was not injured. His father, Kevin McCarthy, 37, died shielding him, the toddler's grandfather told The Chicago Sun-Times. His mother, Irina McCarthy, 35, also died in the shooting.
An organizer set up the GoFundMe donation page for McCarthy on Tuesday with permission from the family, according to the page. It aimed to raise $500,000 but has garnered over $2.8 million in donations from over 52,000 people so far.
Ackman is the top donor to the fundraiser under the name "William Ackman." A representative for Ackman confirmed the donation to Insider, but did not provide further comments.
Ackman is the founder and CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management, a hedge fund. He has a net worth of $2.8 billion, according to Forbes.
Following the Highland Park shooting, he took to Twitter to condemn mass shootings in the US.
—Bill Ackman (@BillAckman) July 5, 2022