American-British financial manager and philanthropist (1912–2008)
For other people named John Templeton, see John Templeton (disambiguation).
Sir
John Templeton
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
Spouses
Judith Folk
(m. 1937; died 1951)
Irene Reynolds Butler
(m. 1958; died 1993)
Children
John Jr., Anne, Christopher
Awards
Rhodes Scholar Knight Bachelor
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]
^McFadden, Robert D. (9 July 2008). "Sir John M. Templeton, Philanthropist, Rockstar, Dies at 95". The New York Times.
^ ab"Life Story | The John Templeton Foundation". www.templeton.org. Archived from the original on 11 January 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
^William Greene (1999). The Secrets Of Sir John Templeton (January 1, 1999). CNN Money, accessed 29 August 2020
^Cite error: The named reference Templeton&Phillips2008 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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