Harry Markowitz

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.

Harry Markowitz
Born
Harry Max Markowitz

(1927-08-24)August 24, 1927
DiedJune 22, 2023(2023-06-22) (aged 95)
Academic career
InstitutionHarry Markowitz Company
Rady School of Management at the University of California, San Diego
Baruch College
RAND Corporation
Cowles Commission
University of Pennsylvania
FieldFinancial economics
School or
tradition
Chicago School of Economics
Alma materUniversity of Chicago (Ph.B., A.M, and Ph.D.)
Doctoral
advisor
Milton Friedman
Jacob Marschak
InfluencesTjalling Koopmans
Leonard Savage
ContributionsModern portfolio theory
Efficient frontier
Sparse matrix methods
SIMSCRIPT
AwardsJohn von Neumann Theory Prize (1989)
The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel (1990)
Information at IDEAS / RePEc

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 pioneering work in modern portfolio theory, studying the effects of asset risk, return, correlation and diversification on probable investment portfolio returns.

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