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Also known as Harry Max Markowitz, Harry M. Markowitz

economista statunitense (1927-2023)

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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
Languages spoken
English language
Doctoral advisor
Jacob Marschak
Field of work
economics
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date of birth
1927-08-24
Erdős number
2
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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Article · Italiano

Harry Markowitz (Chicago, 24 agosto 1927) è un economista statunitense, vincitore, insieme a Merton Miller e William Sharpe, del premio Nobel per l'economia nel 1990, «per i contributi pionieristici nell'ambito dell'economia finanziaria».

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