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Harry Markowitz
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American economist (1927–2023)
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Harry Max Markowitz (1927–2023) was an American economist whose field of work included financial economics and economics. Born in Chicago, he was educated at the University of Chicago, where his doctoral advisors were Milton Friedman and Jacob Marschak. His notable work is modern portfolio theory. Markowitz was employed by the RAND Corporation, the University of California, San Diego, and the University of Tokyo.
He received the Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel and the John von Neumann Theory Prize. Markowitz was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Econometric Society. His archives are held at the Computer History Museum. He died in San Diego from pneumonia and sepsis.
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Key facts
- Born
- Harry Max Markowitz , ( 1927-08-24 ) August 24, 1927, Chicago , Illinois, U.S.
- Died
- June 22, 2023 (2023-06-22) (aged 95), San Diego , California, U.S.
- Education
- University of Chicago ( PhB , MA , PhD )
- Doctoral advisor
- Milton Friedman , Jacob Marschak
- Influences
- Tjalling Koopmans , Leonard Savage
- Discipline
- Financial economics
- School or tradition
- Chicago School of Economics
- Institutions
- Harry Markowitz Company, Rady School of Management at the University of California, San Diego , Baruch College , RAND Corporation , Cowles Commission , University of Pennsylvania
- Notable ideas
- Modern portfolio theory , Efficient frontier , Sparse matrix methods, SIMSCRIPT
- Awards
- John von Neumann Theory Prize (1989), Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (1990)
- Website
- Information at IDEAS / RePEc
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Nobel Prize
- The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel1990
“for their pioneering work in the theory of financial economics”
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Harry
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Chicago
- Place of death
- San Diego
- Occupation
- economist
- Educated at
- University of Chicago
- Employer
- RAND Corporation
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- modern portfolio theory
- Doctoral advisor
- Jacob Marschak
- Field of work
- economics
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- date of birth
- 1927-08-24
- Erdős number
- 2
- member of
- Econometric Society
- archives at
- Computer History Museum
- name in native language
- Harry Max Markowitz
- date of death
- 2023-06-22
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- sepsis
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- interested in
- economics
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
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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