John Templeton
American-British financial manager and philanthropist (1912–2008) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other people named John Templeton, see John Templeton (disambiguation).
Sir John Marks Templeton (29 November 1912 – 8 July 2008)[1] was an American-born British investor, banker, fund manager, and philanthropist. In 1954, he entered the mutual fund market and created the Templeton Growth Fund,[2] which averaged growth over 15% per year for 38 years.[3] A pioneer of emerging market investing in the 1960s,[4] Money magazine named him "arguably the greatest global stock picker of the century" in 1999.[2]
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Born | John Marks Templeton (1912-11-29)29 November 1912 Winchester, Tennessee, U.S. |
Died | 8 July 2008(2008-07-08) (aged 95) Nassau, Bahamas |
Citizenship | United Kingdom |
Alma mater | Yale University (BA) Balliol College, Oxford (MA) |
Occupation(s) | Investor, fund manager, and philanthropist |
Known for | Managing the Templeton Growth Fund Endowing Templeton College, Oxford Founding Templeton Religion Trust Founding Templeton World Charity Foundation Founding the John Templeton Foundation Creating the Templeton Prize Humility theology |
Board member of | Princeton Theological Seminary |
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Children | John Jr., Anne, Christopher |
Awards | Rhodes Scholar Knight Bachelor |
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