WilliamF.SharpeispresentlytheSTANCO25ProfessorofFinanceatStanfordUniversity,andisalsoChairmanoftheBoardofFinancialEngines,Incorporated,afirmthatprovideselectronicinvestmentadviceforindividualretirementsavings,Hehaspublishedarticlesinanumberofprofessionaljournals,includingManagementScience,JournalofBusiness,JournalofFinance,JournaloffinancialEconomics,JournalofFinancialandQuantitaiveAnalysis,JournalofPortfolioManagement,andtheFinancialAnalystsJournal,Dr.SharpeispatstPresidentoftheAmericanFinanceAssociation,andin1990receivedtheNobelPrizeinEconomicSciences.HereceivedhisPh.D.,M.A.,andB.A.inEconomicsformtheUniversityofCalifornia,LosAngeles.