Peter L. Bernstein

The late Peter L. Bernstein had a unique ability to synthesize intellectual history and economics with the theory and practice of investment management, one of the foremost financial writers of his generation. He was author of the best-selling Capital Ideas: The Improbably Origins of Modern Wall Street; Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk and The Power of Gold: The History of an Obsession, as well as five other books. He was president of Peter L. Bernstein, Inc., an investment consultant firm he founded in 1973 after many years of managing billions of dollars in individual and institutional portfolios.'He was the founding editor of the Journal of Investment Management.