William Forsyth Sharpe
Economist, Academic
1934 –
Who is William Forsyth Sharpe?
William Forsyth Sharpe is an American economist. He is the STANCO 25 Professor of Finance, Emeritus at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business, and the winner of the 1990 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
Sharpe was one of the originators of the capital asset pricing model, created the Sharpe ratio for risk-adjusted investment performance analysis, contributed to the development of the binomial method for the valuation of options, the gradient method for asset allocation optimization, and returns-based style analysis for evaluating the style and performance of investment funds.
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- Born
- Jun 16, 1934
Boston - Also known as
- William F. Sharpe
- William F Sharpe
- William Sharpe
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Doctorate, University of California, Los Angeles
Economics
( - 1961) - Master of Arts, University of California, Los Angeles
Economics
( - 1956) - Bachelor of Arts, University of California, Los Angeles
Economics
( - 1955) - University of California, Berkeley
- Doctorate, University of California, Los Angeles
- Employment
- Associate Professor, University of Washington
(1963 - 1967) - RAND Corporation
(1956 - 1961) - Assistant Professor, University of Washington
(1961 - 1963) - University of Washington
(1967 - 1968) - President, Sharpe-Russell Research, Inc.
(1986 - 1988) - Stanford University
(1970 - 1999) - University of California, Irvine
(1968 - 1970) - Chairman, William F. Sharpe Associates
(1990 - 1992) - Professor Emeritus, Stanford University
(1999 - ) - Chairman, Financial Engines
(1996 - 2003)
- Associate Professor, University of Washington
- Lived in
- United States of America
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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