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William F. Sharpe

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William Forsyth Sharpe (born June 16, 1934) 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 (CAPM). He created the Sharpe ratio for risk-adjusted investment performance analysis, and he 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William F. Sharpe is the 21st most popular economist (up from 160th in 2019), the 454th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,338th in 2019) and the 4th most popular American Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, William F. Sharpe ranks 21 out of 414. Before him are George Shultz, Alfred Marshall, John Law, Ludwig von Mises, W. Arthur Lewis, and Klaus Schwab. After him are Jan Tinbergen, Robert Lucas Jr., Ragnar Frisch, Paul Samuelson, Alexander Hamilton, and Jean-Baptiste Say.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, William F. Sharpe ranks 24. Before him are Nana Mouskouri, Judi Dench, Jane Goodall, Daniel Kahneman, Shirley MacLaine, and Tarcisio Bertone. After him are Manuel Noriega, Stjepan Mesić, Sydney Pollack, Vavá, Roman Herzog, and Tom Baker.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William F. Sharpe ranks 454 out of 20,380. Before him are Jeffrey Dahmer (1960), Nancy Reagan (1921), Margaret Mitchell (1900), Bill Nelson (1942), Eli Wallach (1915), and John Rawls (1921). After him are Angelina Jolie (1975), Edward Drinker Cope (1840), Man Ray (1890), Millard Fillmore (1800), David Rockefeller (1915), and Robert Zemeckis (1952).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United States

Among economists born in United States, William F. Sharpe ranks 4. Before him are Herbert A. Simon (1916), Milton Friedman (1912), and George Shultz (1920). After him are Robert Lucas Jr. (1937), Paul Samuelson (1915), Joseph Stiglitz (1943), Elinor Ostrom (1933), Charles Cooley (1864), Michael Porter (1947), Walt Whitman Rostow (1916), and Edmund Phelps (1933).

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