Yale Chief Investment Officer Dies at 67
Yale Chief Investment Officer Dies at 67 By Yale University’s chief investment officer, David Swensen, died Wednesday at the age of 67. Swensen, who was diagnosed with cancer in 2012, is recognized as a pioneer in investing and endowment management. Several other wealthy universities hired talent from his Yale investment office to manage their own endowments, and a 2015 Wall Street Journalanalysis found that Swensen or one of his protégés controlled $1 of every $6 in U.S. higher education endowments. Under Swensen, Yale followed what came to be known as the Yale model -- an investing st...
Source: insidehighered.com