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Ken Fisher

Founder, Executive Chairman & Co-Chief Investment Officer


About Ken Fisher

Ken Fisher founded Fisher Investments in 1979, which is now a ā‚¬263 billion1 investment adviser and money management firm serving large institutions and high net worth individuals globally. By most standards, it is the worldā€™s largest pure wealth manager under the US Investment Advisers Act of 1940. Ken Fisher was CEO for 37 years and now serves as Executive Chairman and Co-Chief Investment Officer.

Ken’s prestigious Forbes “Portfolio Strategy” column ran monthly for 32 1/2 years until 31/12/2016, making Ken the longest continuously running columnist in the magazineā€™s history.

He writes monthly, native language columns in major media organs around the world, including New York Post in the United States; the Daily Telegraph in the United Kingdom; Australiaā€™s most read newspaper, The Australian; Denmarkā€™s leading business newspaper,Ā BĆørsen; Irelandā€™s The Business Post; Singaporeā€™s The Business Times; Taiwanā€™sĀ Business Weekly;Ā Caixinā€”often called the ā€œBloomberg of Chinaā€;Ā South Koreaā€™s largest business paper,Ā Chosun Weekly Biz; the Netherlandsā€™ largest newspaper,Ā De Telegraaf;Ā Japanā€™s Diamond Weekly; Spainā€™s largest business website and newspaper,Ā elEconomista; Germanyā€™sĀ Focus Money;Ā Canadaā€™s most read newspaper, The Globe and Mail; Switzerlandā€™s leading business paper,Ā Handelszeitung;Ā the Hong Kong Economic Journal;Ā Italyā€™s third largest newspaper and number one business paper,Ā Il Sole 24 Ore;Ā Franceā€™sĀ Lā€™Opinion; Belgiumā€™sĀ La Libre;Ā the United Arab Emiratesā€™ The National; and Austriaā€™sĀ Trend. In total, his 26 unique columns span more countries in more total volume than any other columnist of any type ever.

He also appears regularly on financial and news media segments globallyā€”including Fox News, Fox Business, Sky News (UK and Australia), Bloomberg (Canada and Asia), and CNN Internationalā€”and is active on social media.

Ken has written 11 books, including 4 New York Times bestsellers. His 1970s' theoretical work pioneered an investment analysis tool called the Price-to-Sales Ratio, now part of financial core curriculum. His credits span a multitude of professional and scholarly journals. He is a recipient of the Bernstein Fabozzi/Jacobs Levy Award for outstanding research in the Journal of Portfolio Management.

Ken is ranked #144 on the 2023 Forbes 400 list of Richest Americans and #292 on the 2024 list of Global Billionaires. He and his wife, Sherrilyn, have three adult sons and live near Dallas, Texas.

1As of 30/09/2024. Includes Fisher Investments and its affiliates.

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