15 Facts About Joel Greenblatt

Joel Greenblatt was born on December 13,1957 and is an American academic, hedge fund manager, investor, and writer.

Joel Greenblatt is a value investor, alumnus of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and adjunct professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Business.

Joel Greenblatt is the former chairman of the board of Alliant Techsystems and founder of the New York Securities Auction Corporation.

Joel Greenblatt was a director at Pzena Investment Management, a firm specializing in value investing and asset management for high net worth clients.

Joel Greenblatt spent one year studying law at Stanford Law School in California before dropping out to pursue a career in finance.

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

Joel Greenblatt served as an adjunt professor teaching value investing classes for MBA students at Columbia University's Graduate School of Business for over 20 years.

Joel Greenblatt co-founded a website with John Petry called the Value Investors Club, where investors approved through an application process exchange value and special situation investment ideas.

Joel Greenblatt's strategy is featured in The Guru Investor by John P Reese.

In October 2009, Joel Greenblatt launched a website for Formula Investing, providing an online tool that follows the investment strategy described in his book.

Joel Greenblatt published his second book, The Little Book That Beats the Market in 2005, a New York Times Best-Seller that sold over 300,000 copies.

In 2020, Joel Greenblatt shared an investor's perspective on building an economy that works for all in his book Common Sense: The Investor's Guide to Equality, Opportunity, and Growth.

In 2006, Joel Greenblatt co-founded the Success Academy Charter Schools, then known as the Harlem Success Academy Charter School, an elementary school in the city's historically African-American neighborhood.

Joel Greenblatt has served on the boards of the Institute for Student Achievement and the Davidson School of the Jewish Theological Seminary.

Joel Greenblatt is a founding Master Player of the Portfolios with Purpose virtual stock trading contest.