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David Swensen

American investor; Yale’s chief investment officer from 1985 until his death in 2021.

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Dates
c. 1954 – 5 May 2021
Also known as
David F. Swensen
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Q1174392
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  1. Life c. 1954 – 5 May 2021
  2. worked at Yale University (chief investment officer) 1985 – May 2021

Yale says he pioneered the “Yale Model” of endowment investing, with a large share of the portfolio in alternatives such as hedge funds and private equity.

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  1. c. 1954 – 5 May 2021 David Swensen
  2. 1980 David Swensen educated at Yale University
  3. 1985 – May 2021 David Swensen worked at Yale University
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  1. Self-confident yet selfless: Yale’s David Swensen dies at 67, Yale University, 6 May 2021. Primary record
    David F. Swensen ’80 Ph.D., whose revolutionary approach to managing Yale’s endowment, warmth of spirit, and personal integrity made him one of the world’s most admired institutional investors
  2. David Swensen’s coda, Yale University, 22 Oct 2021. Primary record
    During his 36-year term as chief investment officer, his stewardship led to $57.6 billion of investment gains for Yale and more than $21.8 billion of spending to support Yale’s operations.
  3. Yale Endowment Blasts Low-Fee Critics, Says Gains Would Lag, Bloomberg News (reprinted by Financial Advisor magazine), 10 Apr 2017. Scholarship & press
    The $25.4 billion endowment, the second largest in higher education behind Harvard, has been run since 1985 by David Swensen
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