LifeTimeline

Bruce Greenwald

    • AUG 15

      Born

    1946
    • Bruce earns B.S. in Electrical Engineering from M.I.T

    1967
    • Bruce earns M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Princeton University

    • Bruce earns M.P.A. from Princeton University

    1969
    • Bruce earns PhD in Economics from M.I.T.

    1978
    • MAY 03

      Bruce and Ava Seave are married

    1987
    • MAR 14

      Diana Seave Greenwald is born

    1989
    • The Graham and Dodd breakfast is launched

    1990
    • Bruce receives the Singhvi Prize

    • Bruce joins the faculty at Columbia Business School

    1991
    • Bruce becomes the Robert Heilbrunn Professor of Finance and Asset Management at CBS

    • GAMCO Investors sponsors a series of lectures by Professor Roger Murray

    1993
    • Bruce receives the Margaret Chandler Memorial Award for Commitment to Excellence in Teaching

    • The Columbia Student Investment Management Association conference is launched

    1997
    • Bruce receives the Columbia University Presidential Teaching Award

    • The Value Investing course through Executive Education is launched

    1999
    • The Heilbrunn Center for Graham & Dodd Investing is established at Columbia Business School

    • Value Investing: From Graham to Buffett and Beyond is published

    2001
    • Bruce receives the Singhvi Prize

    2002
    • Bruces receives the Margaret Chandler Memorial Award for Commitment to Excellence in Teaching

    • Bruce receives the Singhvi Prize

    • The Value Investing Program is launched at Columbia Business School

    2003
    • Competition Demystified: A Radically Simplified Approach to Business Strategy is published

    2005
    • globalization: n. the irrational fear that someone in China will take your job is published

    • The Pershing Square Challenge is launched

    2008
    • The Curse of the Mogul: What's Wrong with the World's Leading Media Companies is published

    • The Moon Lee Prize is launched

    2009
    • APR 30

      From Graham to Buffett and Beyond Omaha dinner is launched

    2010
    • The 5x5x5 student investment portfolio is launched

    • Creating a Learning Society: A New Approach to Growth, Development, and Social Progress is published

    2014
    • Creating a Learning Society receives the Eccles Prize

    2015
    • MAY 02

      Bruce receives the Lifetime Achievement Award from Columbia Business School

    2016
  • Born

    By The Heilbrunn Center for Graham & Dodd Investing
  • Bruce earns B.S. in Electrical Engineering from M.I.T

    By The Heilbrunn Center for Graham & Dodd Investing
  • Bruce earns M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Princeton University

    By The Heilbrunn Center for Graham & Dodd Investing
  • Bruce earns M.P.A. from Princeton University

    By The Heilbrunn Center for Graham & Dodd Investing
  • Bruce earns PhD in Economics from M.I.T.

    By The Heilbrunn Center for Graham & Dodd Investing
  • Bruce and Ava Seave are married

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    The Heilbrunn Center for Graham & Dodd Investing
    Bruce and Ed Seave, his father-in-law
  • Diana Seave Greenwald is born

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    Bruce Greenwald, Ava Seave, their daughter Diana Seave Greenwald and Hughes Le Bras '17
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    Diana, Ava, and Bruce at Diana's Bat Mitzvah, February 2, 2002
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    Father's Day card from Diana in 2003
  • The Graham and Dodd breakfast is launched

    The Graham & Dodd Breakfast exemplifies eight decades of Graham and Dodd tradition at Columbia Business School. Held in New York City every fall, the breakfast brings together alumni, students, scholars, and practitioners for a forum on current insights and approaches to investing.

    This highly successful and invigorating event attracts some of the most prominent figures in the investing community.

    Speakers have included Christopher H. Browne, Leon Cooperman ’67, Jean-Marie Eveillard, Mario J. Gabelli ’67, Seth A. Klarman, Bill Miller, Arthur J. Samberg ’67, Lewis A. Sanders, and Martin J. Whitman.
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    Bruce Greenwald and Art Samberg at the 2002 Graham & Dodd breakfast
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    Bruce Greenwald and Seth Klarman at the 2008 Graham & Dodd breakfast
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    Cheah Cheng Hye, Value Partners Limited at the 2010 Graham & Dodd breakfast
  • Bruce receives the Singhvi Prize

    By The Heilbrunn Center for Graham & Dodd Investing
  • Bruce joins the faculty at Columbia Business School

    By The Heilbrunn Center for Graham & Dodd Investing
  • Bruce becomes the Robert Heilbrunn Professor of Finance and Asset Management at CBS

    By The Heilbrunn Center for Graham & Dodd Investing
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    Invitation from NYSSA to discuss Value Investing: From Graham to Buffett and Beyond at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001
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    New York Times article featuring Bruce and value investing in 2000
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    Bruce speaking at the Moon Lee prize event
  • GAMCO Investors sponsors a series of lectures by Professor Roger Murray

    By The Heilbrunn Center for Graham & Dodd Investing
  • Bruce receives the Margaret Chandler Memorial Award for Commitment to Excellence in Teaching

    By The Heilbrunn Center for Graham & Dodd Investing
  • The Columbia Student Investment Management Association conference is launched

    New York, New York
    Each year, the Heilbrunn Center and the Columbia Student Investment Management Association (CSIMA) host a conference on value investing at Columbia University.

    The conference provides an excellent opportunity to hear from some of the top names in the investment management business and has been featured by key publications, including the New York Times and Wall Street Journal.
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    David Einhorn and Bruce Greenwald at the 2009 CSIMA conference
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    Bruce Greenwald and William Ackman at the 2014 CSIMA conference
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    Bruce moderating the 'Shorting in Today's Markets' panel at the 2015 CSIMA conference
  • Bruce receives the Columbia University Presidential Teaching Award

    By The Heilbrunn Center for Graham & Dodd Investing
  • The Value Investing course through Executive Education is launched

    By The Heilbrunn Center for Graham & Dodd Investing
  • The Heilbrunn Center for Graham & Dodd Investing is established at Columbia Business School

    Value investing is more than an investment strategy — it’s a fundamental way of thinking about finance. The mission of the Heilbrunn Center is to promote the study and practice of Graham & Dodd’s original investing principles; to improve investing with world-class education, research, and practitioner-academic dialogue; and to further Columbia Business School’s role as the leading resource for investment management professionals.
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    Erin Bellissimo, former Heilbrunn Center director
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    Louisa Schneider '06 and Meredith Trivedi
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    Bruce Greenwald and Tano Santos discuss the Past, Present, and Future of Value Investing at Columbia Business School on February 8, 2016 in honor of the School's Centennial celebration
  • Value Investing: From Graham to Buffett and Beyond is published

    Written by Bruce Greenwald, Judd Kahn, Paul Sonkin, and Michael van Biema. "This book deserves a place on every serious investor's shelf." -Financial Times
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  • Bruce receives the Singhvi Prize

    By The Heilbrunn Center for Graham & Dodd Investing
  • Bruces receives the Margaret Chandler Memorial Award for Commitment to Excellence in Teaching

    By The Heilbrunn Center for Graham & Dodd Investing
  • Bruce receives the Singhvi Prize

    By The Heilbrunn Center for Graham & Dodd Investing
  • The Value Investing Program is launched at Columbia Business School

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    The Heilbrunn Center for Graham & Dodd Investing
    Adjunct faculty member Ken Shubin Stein and Erin Bellissimo, former Heilbrunn Center director at the 2008 Pershing Square Challenge
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    Bruce with Meredith Trivedi and the 2016 Value Investing Program class
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    Bruce with Artie Williams '02, Value Investing Program adjunct professor and Louisa Schneider, former senior director of the Heilbrunn Center at the 2014 VI Program Welcome Reception
  • Competition Demystified: A Radically Simplified Approach to Business Strategy is published

    Written by Bruce Greenwald and Judd Kahn
    By The Heilbrunn Center for Graham & Dodd Investing
  • globalization: n. the irrational fear that someone in China will take your job is published

    Written by Bruce Greenwald and Judd Kahn. "A creative and original work from one of this country's greatest minds." - Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Laureate in Economics, 2001
    By The Heilbrunn Center for Graham & Dodd Investing
  • The Pershing Square Challenge is launched

    Each year the Heilbrunn Center presents the Pershing Square [Philanthropic] Challenge which is the culmination of a three-month competition among roughly forty teams of first- and second-year Columbia Business School Students enrolled in the Center's Applied Security Analysis course.

    Bill Ackman, founder and CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management L.P., launched the challenge in 2008. The challenge is open to students who are enrolled in Applied Security Analysis.
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  • The Curse of the Mogul: What's Wrong with the World's Leading Media Companies is published

    Written by Ava Seave, Bruce Greenwald, and Jonathan A. Knee
    By The Heilbrunn Center for Graham & Dodd Investing
  • The Moon Lee Prize is launched

    The Amici Capital Prize (formerly known as Moon Lee Prize) is given in memoriam of both Alex Porter, the founder and the managing member of Amici Capital, LLC and Moon Lee, a dedicated value investor with Porter Orlin, LLC. The prize was created to honor Alex Porter and Moon Lee by their friends at Amici Capital, LLC and recognizes the achievements of outstanding Columbia Business School students who excel at the study of value investing. Two winners will receive cash prizes of $15,000 and $5,000. Submissions are judged on the quality of their research and the concise presentation of a strong investment idea.
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  • From Graham to Buffett and Beyond Omaha dinner is launched

    Omaha, Nebraska
    The dinner is held on the eve of the Berkshire Hathaway shareholders’ meeting.

    Each year, the dinner features a panel of renowned speakers. Past speakers have included Tom Russo, Gardner Russo & Gardner; David Winters, Wintergreen Advisers; and Mario Gabelli, GAMCO Investors.
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    Sid and Helaine (Heilbrunn) Lerner at the 2014 From Graham to Buffett and Beyond Omaha dinner
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    Bruce Greenwald, Mario Gabelli '67, and Thomas Russo at the 2010 From Graham to Buffett and Beyond Omaha dinner
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    Bruce Greenwald, Wally Weitz, William Ackman, Thomas Russo, and Mario Gabelli ‘67 at the 2014 From Graham to Buffett and Beyond Omaha dinner
  • The 5x5x5 student investment portfolio is launched

    This innovative fund was made possible by a generous gift given by Tom Russo and his wife Georgina. The Russo’s gift affords students the invaluable opportunity to connect value-oriented investment theories to real world practice as they apply their classroom learning to the management of this fund. At the end of five years, the original amount, accounting for inflation, will be invested back into the 5x5x5 Fund and the remainder of any gains will be used to support current-use scholarships for students interested in investment management. As alumni, program students will remain active managers of the 5x5x5 Fund, continuing their support of, and connection to, the Heilbrunn Center and Columbia Business School.
    By The Heilbrunn Center for Graham & Dodd Investing
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    Thomas Russo and Bruce Greenwald at the 2014 Value Investing Program Welcome Reception announcing the launch of the 5x5x5 student investment portfolio
  • Creating a Learning Society: A New Approach to Growth, Development, and Social Progress is published

    Written by Joseph Stiglitz and Bruce Greenwald
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  • Creating a Learning Society receives the Eccles Prize

    George S. Eccles ’22 initially established the prize at Columbia Business School to foster interest in and spur public discussion of economic theory, practice, and issues. Between 1986 and 1993, it was awarded annually to esteemed figures such as Henry Kaufman, Maryann Keller, and Paul Krugman, for their works bridging theory and practice. It was given again in 1998, when Bhagwati, then of MIT, was recognized for his book, Stream of Windows (The MIT Press, 1999).

    In 2010, the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation inaugurated an annual research award in finance and economics for Columbia Business School faculty members and reestablished the prize for economic writing.
    By The Heilbrunn Center for Graham & Dodd Investing
  • Bruce receives the Lifetime Achievement Award from Columbia Business School

    By The Heilbrunn Center for Graham & Dodd Investing