William F. Sharpe

William F. Sharpe

economist
university teacher
🇺🇸United States

William Forsyth Sharpe is an American economist. He is the STANCO 25 Professor of Finance, Emeritus at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business, and the winner of the 1990 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.

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Lifespan
1934 – Present
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Career Journey

Background

Born in
Boston
Educated at
University of California, Los AngelesRiverside Polytechnic High School
Awards
🏆 Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel🏆 honorary doctor of the University of Alicante🏆 honorary doctor of the University of Vienna
Doctoral Advisors
🎓 Armen Alchian🎓 J. Fred Weston
Doctoral Students
📖 Aparna Gupta

Timeline

  • 1934

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