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John Neff | |
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 John Neff, mutual fund manager, at his office in Radnor, Pennsylvania in 2005 | |
| Born | September 19, 1931 Wauseon, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | June 4, 2019 (aged 87) Berwyn, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Other names | "The Professional's Professional" |
| Alma mater | University of Toledo Case Western Reserve University |
| Occupation(s) | Investor, mutual fund manager, and philanthropist |
| Known for | Managing the Vanguard Windsor Fund |
| Spouse | Lillian Neff |
John B. Neff (September 19, 1931 – June 4, 2019) was an American investor, mutual fund manager, and philanthropist. He was notable for his contrarian and value investing styles as well as for heading Vanguard's Windsor Fund.[1]
Windsor became the highest returning, and subsequently largest mutual fund in existence during Neff's management, eventually closing to new investors for a period in the 1980s. Neff retired from Vanguard in 1995. During Neff's thirty-one-year tenure at Windsor (1964 to 1995), the fund returned 13.7% annually versus 10.6% for the S&P 500.[2]
- ^ Neff, John B. (2004-04-28). "A Conversation with Legendary Value Investor John B. Neff, CFA" (PDF). AIMR Conference Proceedings. 2004 (3): 5–8. doi:10.2469/cp.v2004.n3.3391. ISSN 1535-0207.
- ^ John Neff on Investing https://www.amazon.com/dp/0471417920