AUTHOR, INVESTOR
WHY: Won national fame in the 1960s as author of “Beat the Dealer” on how to win against casinos. Some consider him the father of quantitative investing as author of “Beat the Market.” Legendary bond king Bill Gross calls him mentor. Books still on the bestseller list, including 2017 autobiography.
RECENT: Donated papers to the library at UCI, where he was a founding professor.
QUOTABLE: “Try to figure out what your skill set is and apply that to the markets. If you are really good at accounting, you might be good as a value investor. If you are strong in computers and math, you might do best with a quantitative approach … If you aren’t going to be a professional investor, just index.”
