Harry Max Markowitz (born August 24, 1927) is an American economist and a recipient of the John von Neumann Theory Prize and the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
Markowitz is 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 i...
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Harry Max Markowitz (born August 24, 1927) is an American economist and a recipient of the John von Neumann Theory Prize and the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
Markowitz is 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.
Autobiography of Harry M. Markowitz, The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1990, can be viewed on the official website of The Nobel Foundation.
Harry Markowitz was born on August 24, 1927 in Chicago, to his Jewish parents Morris and Mildred Markowitz. During high school, Markowitz developed an interest in physics and philosophy, in particular the ideas of David Hume, an interest he continued to follow during his undergraduate years at the University of Chicago. After receiving...
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