Joel Greenblatt

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name = Joel Greenblatt

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occupation = Investor
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website = [http://www0.gsb.columbia.edu/whoswho/bio.cfm?id=55292&nav=n/ Columbia Business School Faculty]

Joel Greenblatt (born December 13, 1957 in Great Neck, New York) is a value investing guru, and adjunct professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Business. He is the former chairman of the board of Alliant Techsystems and founder of the New York Securities Auction Corporation.

Education

Greenblatt is a graduate of the The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, receiving his B.S. in 1979 and M.B.A. in 1980.Gannon, Geoff. " [http://www.gannononinvesting.com/glossary/2005/12/joel_greenblatt_1.html Value Investing Encyclopedia: Joel Greenblatt] ". December 28, 2005.]

Career in finance

Gotham Capital

In 1985, Greenblatt started a hedge fund, Gotham Capital, with $7 million, most of which was provided by junk-bond king Michael Milken.

Value Investors Club

He started a website called the Value Investors Club, where approved investors (through an application process) exchange value and special situation investment ideas. The website awards $5000 to the member who submits the best idea each week. He pursues a focused value and special situation investment strategy.

Magic Formula Investing

His latest book refers to an investment strategy of "Magic Formula Investing", which is a fancy name for a simple formula for determining which stocks to buy: "cheap and good companies" with a high earnings yield and a high return on capital.

Philanthropy

Greenblatt is also famous for his contributions to education in New York City. In 2002, he donated $2.5 million to P.S. 65Q, a public elementary school in the borough of Harlem, whose students come largely from the neighborhood's South American and South Asian immigrant communities. This investment, equal to about $1,000 per student per year over five years, helped P.S. 65Q to go from a struggling school to an urban success story almost overnight. In 2006, Greenblatt also helped start the Harlem Success Charter School, an elementary school in the city's historically African American neighborhood. [ [http://newyorkmetro.com/news/businessfinance/15958/index1.html How Is a Hedge Fund Like a School?] ". February 20, 2006.] He is also a board member of the Institute for Student Achievement, a national leader in developing new small high schools and transforming large comprehensive public high schools into small learning communities. [ [http://www.studentachievement.org/home/aboutus_board.html Institute for Student Achievement board of directors] ]

Bibliography

*citebook | author=Greenblatt, Joel | title=The Little Book That Beats the Market | publisher=John Wiley & Sons | location=Hoboken, NJ | year=2006 | isbn=0471733067
*citebook | author=Greenblatt, Joel | title=You Can Be a Stock Market Genius: Uncover the Secret Hiding Places of Stock Market Profits | publisher=Simon & Schuster | location=New York | year=1997 | isbn=0684832135

References

External links

* [http://www.magicformulainvesting.com Magic Formula Investing Website]
* [http://magic-formula-investing.blogspot.com/ Magic Formula Investing Blog]
* [http://www.dailystocks.com/forum/showforum.php?fid/10/ Daily Magic Formula Stock forum]
* [http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/magicformulainvesting/ Yahoo MFI Group]
* [http://caps.fool.com/ViewPlayer.aspx?t=01040000000000000025 Magic Formula stock picks scored in real time]