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Scene Last Night: Icahn, Ackman, Bruce Richards, Gloria Steinem

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Bill Ackman celebrated his birthday by giving a present.

Born at 12:30 a.m. on May 11 1966, the hedge-fund manager had already turned 47 when he told players at the R Baby Foundation’s third annual tennis tournament on Saturday that he’d match their bids in the Calcutta auction “up to a hundred grand.”