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Harry Markowitz
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US-amerikanischer Ökonom und Nobelpreisträger
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Harry Markowitz was an American economist born in Chicago on August 24, 1927. He was educated at the University of Chicago and worked for the RAND Corporation, the University of Tokyo, and the University of California, San Diego. His doctoral advisors were Milton Friedman and Jacob Marschak. Markowitz is noted for developing modern portfolio theory within the fields of financial economics and economics.
He received the Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel and the John von Neumann Theory Prize. He was a member of the Econometric Society and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, where he was also recognized in specific collections. Markowitz died in San Diego on June 22, 2023, from pneumonia and sepsis. His archives are held at the Computer History Museum.
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Key facts
- Born
- Harry Max Markowitz , ( 1927-08-24 ) August 24, 1927, Chicago , Illinois, U.S.
- Died
- June 22, 2023 (2023-06-22) (aged 95), San Diego , California, U.S.
- Education
- University of Chicago ( PhB , MA , PhD )
- Doctoral advisor
- Milton Friedman , Jacob Marschak
- Influences
- Tjalling Koopmans , Leonard Savage
- Discipline
- Financial economics
- School or tradition
- Chicago School of Economics
- Institutions
- Harry Markowitz Company, Rady School of Management at the University of California, San Diego , Baruch College , RAND Corporation , Cowles Commission , University of Pennsylvania
- Notable ideas
- Modern portfolio theory , Efficient frontier , Sparse matrix methods, SIMSCRIPT
- Awards
- John von Neumann Theory Prize (1989), Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (1990)
- Website
- Information at IDEAS / RePEc
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Nobel Prize
- The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel1990
“for their pioneering work in the theory of financial economics”
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Harry
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Chicago
- Place of death
- San Diego
- Occupation
- economist
- Educated at
- University of Chicago
- Employer
- RAND Corporation
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- modern portfolio theory
- Doctoral advisor
- Jacob Marschak
- Field of work
- economics
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- date of birth
- 1927-08-24
- Erdős number
- 2
- member of
- Econometric Society
- archives at
- Computer History Museum
- name in native language
- Harry Max Markowitz
- date of death
- 2023-06-22
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- sepsis
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- interested in
- economics
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Harry Max Markowitz (* 24. August 1927 in Chicago, Illinois) ist ein US-amerikanischer Ökonom.
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