Eugene Fama, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Eugene Fama

American economist and Nobel laureate in Economics

Date of Birth: 14-Feb-1939

Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Profession: economist, pedagogue, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Eugene Francis "Gene" Fama (; born February 14, 1939) is an American economist, best known for his empirical work on portfolio theory, asset pricing, and the efficient-market hypothesis. He is currently Robert R.
McCormick Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
In 2013, he shared the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences jointly with Robert Shiller and Lars Peter Hansen.
The Research Papers in Economics project ranked him as the 9th-most influential economist of all-time based on his academic contributions, as of April 2019.