Alan Greenspan (born March 6, 1926) is an American economist and was Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Bank of the United States from 1987 to 2006. Following his retirement as Fed chairman, he accepted an honorary (unpaid) position at HM Treasury in the United Kingdom. First appointed Fed chairman by President Ronald Reagan in August 1987, he was reappointed at successive four-year intervals until retiring on January 31, 2006, at which time he relinquished the...

Benjamin Graham (May 8, 1894 – September 21, 1976) was an influential economist and professional investor who is today often called as  the "Father of Value Investing" and the "Dean of Wall Street." He is perhaps the best known today from frequent references made to him by billionaire investor Warren Buffett, who studied under Graham at Columbia University, and was his only pupil to receive an A+. Other well known students of Graham include William J. Ruane,...

William (Bill) H. Gates is chairman of Microsoft Corporation, the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that helps people and businesses to realize their full potential. Microsoft had revenues US$44.28 billion for the fiscal year ending June 2006, and employs more than 71,000 people in 103 countries and regions. On June 15, 2006, Microsoft announced that effective July 2008 Gates will transit out of a day-to-day role in the company to spend more time on his global health and...

A global financer and philanthropist, George Soros is the founder and chairman of a network of foundations that promote, among other things, the creation of open, democratic societies based upon the rule of law, market economies, transparent and accountable governance, freedom of the press, and respect for human rights. Soros was born in Budapest, Hungary, in 1930. His father was taken prisoner during World War I and eventually fled from captivity in Russia to reunite with his family in...

Getty, Jean Paul (1892–1976), American business executive, one of the richest men in the world during his life, was born in Minneapolis. He inherited his father's oil business, George F. Getty, Inc., became it’s president and general manager in 1930. When it was reorganized (1956) as the Getty Oil Company, he became the firm's director and principal owner. From the early 1950s until his death, Getty resided in Great Britain. From his 16th-century Tudor estate, known as Sutton...

Larry E. Williams was appointed Senior Vice President, Human Resources in November 2001. Previously, he was Senior Vice President/Human Resources for CoBank from 1989 to 2001. Larry Williams was the first "Big" name in commodities and in fact helped popularize these markets way back in the 1960's. Most likely the all time best selling commodity book is his "How I Made a Million Dollars Trading Commodities" as well as the first book on seasonality in commodities,...

 John C. Bogle, 77, is the founder of The Vanguard Group, Inc., and the President of Vanguard's Bogle Financial Markets Research Center. He created Vanguard in 1974 and served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer until 1996 and Senior Chairman until 2000. He had been associated with a predecessor company since 1951, immediately following his graduation from Princeton University, magna cum laude in Economics. He is a graduate of Blair Academy, class of 1947. The Vanguard Group is...

Julian H Robertson Jr (1933- ) was born in Salisbury, North Carolina in the United States. Robertson founded the investment firm “Tiger Management Corp”. He is credited with turning $8 million in start-up capital in 1980 into over $22 billion in the late 1990s, though that was followed by a fast downward spiral that ended with the funds' closing in 2000. In 1993, his compensation and share of Tiger's mammoth gain reportedly exceeded $300 million. His 2003 estimated net worth was...

Marvin Davis (August 31, 1925 in Newark, New Jersey – September 25, 2004 in Beverly Hills, California) was the billionaire, former owner of Twentieth Century Fox and Pebble Beach, the Beverly Hills Hotel, and the Denver Broncos NFL team. Davis built and twice sold the Century Plaza complex in Century City, California. The buildings became famous as the Nakatomi buildings in the original Die Hard film. He is the grandfather of Brandon Davis who is famous as part of the Paris Hilton...

Michael H. Steinhardt is a legendary money manager, turned philanthropist who is dedicated to creating a renaissance in American Jewish life. After he graduated from the Wharton School of Business in 1960, Mr. Steinhardt began his financial career as a research associate, staff writer and securities analyst. In 1967 he formed his own hedge fund company, “Steinhardt Partners L.P”., where he made his fortune in one of the most spectacular careers in the history of Wall Street. Mr....

Peter Lynch (born January 19, 1944) is a Wall Street’s stock investor. He is currently a research consultant at Fidelity Investments and his likeness is the primary marketing tool of the company. Lynch graduated from Boston College and studied finance at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. On October 24, 2006, Peter J. Lynch, 55, was elected as a Director of Design Within Reach, Inc. Since 2005, Mr. Lynch has served as Senior Managing Director at DJM Realty, a...

Philip Arthur Fisher (September 8, 1907 – March 11, 2004) was a very successful stock investor best known as the author of Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits (ISBN 0-471-11927-X), a guide to investing that has remained in print ever since it was first published in 1958. His money management company, Fisher & Co., was founded in 1931. Philip Fisher is considered a pioneer in the field of growth investing. Morningstar has called him "one of the great investors of all...

As a pioneer in both financial investments and spiritual endeavors, John Marks Templeton has spent a lifetime encouraging open-mindedness. If he hadn't sought new paths, the native Tennesseean — a fulltime philanthropist at 93 — says "he would have been unable to attain so many goals". Beginning a Wall Street career in 1937, Templeton created some of the world's largest and most successful international investment funds. Termed "arguably the greatest global stock...

Warren Edward Buffett (b. August 30, 1930, Omaha, Nebraska) is an American investor, businessman and philanthropist. Buffett has amassed an enormous fortune from astute investments, particularly through the company Berkshire Hathaway, of which he is the largest shareholder and CEO. With an estimated current net worth of around US$52 billion,he was ranked by Forbes as the third-richest person in the world as of April 2007, behind Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and telecom magnate Carlos...