“David took the time and his talent to figure out — in a way that no one had yet figured out — what endowment investing was all about: perpetual institutions and their long-term health,” notes Ellis.

Janet Currie, a renowned economist and pioneer in the economic analysis of child development, has been appointed the David Swensen Professor of Economics and co-director of the Tobin-Cowles Health ...

Swensen made billions for Yale and revolutionized the way Universities and other nonprofits invest. And he strove to teach everyday people how to... David Swensen, The Greatest Investor You Maybe ...

David Swensen is the chief investment officer of Yale University's $19.4 billion fund. He is also the author of an excellent book, Unconventional Success: A Fundamental Approach to Personal Investment ...

As chief investment officer of Yale University for more than three decades, David Swensen redefined institutional investing. “Because market players routinely overpay for liquidity,” he wrote in his ...

David Swensen has outperformed 99 percent of U.S. mutual funds since 1985. As Yale's chief investment officer, Swensen manages the school's $15... David Swensen's 'Unconventional Success' David ...

The endowment of Yale University has dipped 25 percent due to the economic downturn, but setbacks will not alter the institution’s strategy, David Swensen, Yale’s chief investment officer, tells The ...

Legendary investor David Swensen famously jumpstarted Yale University’s endowment by focusing on unconventional strategies, ultimately growing it from $1.3 billion to $31.2 billion. When he became its ...

Odds are you’ve never heard of the late David Swensen, a finance legend who ran Yale University’s endowment fund. Swensen was an investment pioneer who committed substantial sums of Yale’s money to ...

Legendary Yale University endowment head David Swensen loved to riff on Benjamin Franklin’s line about life’s only certainties being death and taxes. True, Swensen would say, but the adage didn’t ...

A 14-story tower on Yale University’s campus will be renamed for David Swensen, the longtime manager of the school’s endowment, following a $25 million gift made in his honor, Bloomberg writes. The ...