Scott Ferguson is the Founder and Managing Partner of Sachem Head Capital Management, a value-oriented investment management firm based in New York which he started in 2012. Prior to starting Sachem Head, he spent nine years at Pershing Square Capital Management, which he joined pre-launch as the firm's first investment professional. Prior to Pershing Square, Ferguson earned an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School in 2003 and was a Vice President at American Industrial Partners, an operations focused private equity firm, from 1999 to 2001. He was also a business analyst at McKinsey & Company from 1996 to 1999.
Ferguson graduated from Stanford University with an A.B. in Public Policy in 1996. He currently serves on the boards of directors of the Henry Street Settlement and Olin Corporation. He is also a member of the Robin Hood Leadership Council. He is a former director of Autodesk, a leading design & engineering software company.