The late David Swensen, longtime chief investment officer for Yale University, has been rightly lauded for creating a ...

He hired Paula Volent, a Yale School of Management student, to help file documents. Swensen encouraged the newbie to ask ...

David Swensen’s investment prowess was legendary. His pioneering approach to the Yale endowment made him one of the world’s most renowned and influential institutional investors. But within the Yale ...

The late David Swensen. Why does Yale have a $31 billion endowment? More than anyone, David Swensen gets the credit. Swensen headed the Yale investment office since 1985. He died Wednesday evening at ...

David Swensen, the legendary investor who led Yale University’s endowment for over three decades, has died, the university’s president announced Thursday.

The Dangers of Listening to David Swensen Mar. 19, 2009 3:31 AM ET 3 Comments Felix Salmon 59.55K Follower s ...

Yale's David Swensen has died at 67. Swensen revolutionized the way many universities invest — infusing higher education with vast wealth to pay for financial aid for students, research and more.

David F. Swensen (pictured in 2012) was Yale University's chief investment officer for 36 years. He died on Wednesday evening after a long battle with cancer.

David Swensen, among the most highly regarded money managers in the world after growing Yale’s endowment from $1 billion when he joined as a 31-year-old former grad student of the school, to the ...

David Swensen wrote Unconventional Success: A Fundamental Approach to Personal Investment, one of the best-selling investment books of 2005. Since then, Swensen, who has a phenomenal track record ...

A few dozen other stone-faced students also rose. “David Swensen,” she proclaimed, “while you stand here teaching us how to hoard wealth, there are 20 students occupying the investments office.