Albert O. Nicholas | |
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| Born | January 24, 1931 Rockford, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | August 4, 2016 (aged 85) |
| Education | University of Wisconsin–Madison (B.A., M.B.A.) |
| Occupation(s) | CEO businessman chartered financial analyst |
| Employer(s) | Nicholas Company, Inc. |
| Known for | All-American guard for the Wisconsin Badgers (1949–1952) |
Albert O. "Ab" Nicholas (January 24, 1931 – August 4, 2016) was the chairman, CEO, and portfolio manager of Nicholas Company, Inc. founded in 1967[1] and based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In April 2010, he was one of four inducted into the Wisconsin Business Hall of Fame.[2] According to Bloomberg Markets in 2015, "The Nicholas Fund, which he has run since 1969, has topped the Standard & Poor's 500 Index by an average of 2 percentage points a year for the past 40 years and [beat] it every year since 2008 [through 2014].[3][4]