You wouldn’t be alone if you aren’t familiar with the name Zhang Lei.  Despite an estimated $3 billion net worth according to ...

David F. Swensen was an investor, endowment fund manager, and philanthropist who served as chief investment officer of Yale University from 1985 until his death in 2021. He was responsible for ...

More than two decades ago, Lei Zhang, then a student at Yale’s School of Management, landed an internship with David Swensen, the legendary manager of the university’s endowment. He was an ...

As much as others may try, there’s no copying the endowment model created by Yale chief investment officer David Swensen. For the fiscal year ended June 2016, Yale’s endowment generated a 3.4 ...

Yale’s fund has been run by Mendelsohn since 2021. He follows the legendary David Swensen, who served 36 years as chief investment officer before his death three years ago. The endowment’s 10 ...

The lesson that many investors take from the success of David Swensen (see below) is that they can improve their returns by ditching traditional stocks and bonds for alternative investments (see ...

This marks a significant potential boon for the asset class, as Swensen invented the Endowment Model for investing, revolutionizing the industry and using it to grow Yale’s endowments from just over ...