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Harry Markowitz

1927 - 2023

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Harry Markowitz is the 92nd most popular economist (down from 71st in 2019), the 1,458th most popular biography from United States (down from 984th in 2019) and the 27th most popular American Economist.

Harry Markowitz is most famous for his contributions to the theory of portfolio optimization, which is the process of constructing a portfolio with the best possible risk-adjusted return for a given level of risk.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Harry Markowitz ranks 92 out of 414. Before him are Irving Fisher, Nikolai Kondratiev, Dani Rodrik, Johann Heinrich von Thünen, Robert Reich, and Henry Mintzberg. After him are John Kenneth Galbraith, Richard Stone, Jean-Claude Trichet, John A. Hobson, George Stigler, and James Meade.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Harry Markowitz ranks 64. Before him are Hans-Dietrich Genscher, Marvin Minsky, Eduardo Martínez Somalo, Carlo Maria Martini, Pat Carroll, and Leszek Kołakowski. After him are George C. Scott, Jacques Mayol, Mary Higgins Clark, Megumu Tamura, Maurice Ronet, and Phil Hill. Among people deceased in 2023, Harry Markowitz ranks 65. Before him are David McCallum, Cormac McCarthy, Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Charlie Munger, Tom Wilkinson, and Alain Touraine. After him are Matthew Perry, Dubravka Ugrešić, Milan Milutinović, Mark Margolis, William Friedkin, and Gordon Moore.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Harry Markowitz ranks 1,458 out of 20,380. Before him are Groucho Marx (1890), John Clauser (1942), Mary Ainsworth (1913), Stan Smith (1946), The Ultimate Warrior (1959), and Harrison Schmitt (1935). After him are Martin Balsam (1919), Steve Reich (1936), Jack Elam (1920), BD Wong (1960), Idina Menzel (1971), and Courteney Cox (1964).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United States

Among economists born in United States, Harry Markowitz ranks 27. Before him are Robert Solow (1924), Murray Rothbard (1926), Oliver E. Williamson (1932), James M. Buchanan (1919), Irving Fisher (1867), and Robert Reich (1946). After him are George Stigler (1911), Claudia Goldin (1946), Dale T. Mortensen (1939), Edward C. Prescott (1940), Robert Fogel (1926), and W. Edwards Deming (1900).

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