Harry Markowitz

American economist and Nobel Laureate (1927–2023)

Harry Max Markowitz (August 24, 1927 – June 22, 2023) was an American economist who received the 1989 John von Neumann Theory Prize and the 1990 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.²

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Born Aug 24, 1927, died Jun 22, 2023.¹

About

Markowitz was a professor of finance at the Rady School of Management at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). He is best known for his work in modern portfolio theory, studying the effects of asset risk, return, correlation and diversification on probable investment portfolio returns.

From Wikipedia’s article on Harry Markowitz, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.²

Companies

CACIFounder¹⁶

Early life and education

Date not recordedUniversity of Chicago Doctor of Philosophy³
Date not recordedCarl Schurz High School³

Career

Occupation: economist.⁷

Date not recordedWorked at University of California, San Diego⁴
Date not recordedWorked at RAND Corporation⁴
Date not recordedWorked at University of Tokyo⁴
Date not recordedFounded CACI⁵
Date not recordedFounded SIMSCRIPT⁶

Known for: modern portfolio theory.⁸

Personal life

BornAug 24, 1927, Chicago⁹
DiedJun 22, 2023, San Diego¹⁰
CitizenshipUnited States¹¹

Awards

1990Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel^{12 15}
1989John von Neumann Theory Prize^{12 14}
1959Fellow of the Econometric Society^{12 13}
Date not recordedFellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences¹²

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