Peter Lynch, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Peter Lynch

American businessman

Date of Birth: 19-Jan-1944

Place of Birth: United States of America, United States

Profession: financier

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Peter Lynch (born January 19, 1944) is an American investor, mutual fund manager, and philanthropist.
As the manager of the Magellan Fund at Fidelity Investments between 1977 and 1990, Lynch averaged a 29.2% annual return, consistently more than doubling the S&P 500 market index and making it the best-performing mutual fund in the world.
During his 13 year tenure, assets under management increased from $18 million to $14 billion.He also co-authored a number of books and papers on investing and coined a number of well known mantras of modern individual investing strategies, such as Invest in what you know and ten bagger.
Lynch is consistently described as a "legend" by the financial media for his performance record, and was called "legendary" by Jason Zweig in his 2003 update of Benjamin Graham's book, The Intelligent Investor.