Kenneth Fisher
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| Born |
Kenneth Lawrence Fisher 1950 (age 66–67) San Francisco, California, United States |
| Residence | Camas, Washington |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Humboldt State University |
| Occupation | Founder and Chairman of Fisher Investments |
| Net worth |
 US $ 3.6 billion (est.)(November 2016) |
| Relatives | Philip A. Fisher (father) |
| Family | Married, 3 children |
| Website | http://www.ken-fisher-investments.com/ |
Kenneth Lawrence Fisher (born November 29, 1950) is an American investment analyst and the founder and chairman of Fisher Investments, a fee-only financial adviser with offices in Woodside, California, San Mateo, California, and Camas, Washington, London, England, and Frankfurt and Rodenbach, Germany. Fisher's Forbes “Portfolio Strategy” column ran from 1984 to 2017, making him the longest continuously-running columnist in the magazine’s history He also contributes regularly to several publications outside the US: Financial Times, Money Observer, and Interactive Investor in the UK, and Focus in Germany. Fisher has authored eleven books on investing, and has written research papers in the field of behavioral finance. He is on the 2016 Forbes 400 list of richest Americans and Forbes list of world billionaires, and as of 2016 is worth $3.6 billion. In 2010, he was named to Investment Advisor magazine's "30 for 30" list of the 30 most influential people in the investment advisory business over the last 30 years. As of 2016[update], Fisher’s firm manages $80 billion and has been called the largest wealth manager in the United States.
Kenneth Fisher was born in San Francisco, California, the third and youngest son of Dorothy (née Whyte), from Arkansas, and Philip A. Fisher, an investor and author of three books, most notably . Fisher was raised in San Mateo, California. He went to Humboldt State University to study forestry, but graduated with a degree in economics in 1972. Citing contributions to the finance world and the ongoing study of redwood ecology, Humboldt State recognized Fisher with its Distinguished Alumni Award in 2007. In 2015, Fisher was appointed to the Board of Advisors of The Forbes School of Business at Ashford University.
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