33 Facts About John Templeton

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Sir John Marks Templeton was an American-born British investor, banker, fund manager, and philanthropist.

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John Marks Templeton was born in the town of Winchester, Tennessee, and attended Yale University, where he was an assistant business manager for campus humor magazine Yale Record and was selected for membership in the Elihu society.

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John Templeton financed his tuition with a scholarship, odd jobs and with winnings from playing poker, a game at which he excelled.

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John Templeton graduated in 1934 near the top of his class.

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John Templeton was a CFA charterholder and was a student of the "father of value investing", Benjamin Graham.

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John Templeton became a billionaire by pioneering the use of globally diversified mutual funds.

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John Templeton created funds specifically in certain industries such as nuclear energy, chemicals, and electronics.

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John Templeton attributed much of his success to his ability to maintain an elevated mood, avoid anxiety and stay disciplined.

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John Templeton rejected technical analysis for stock trading, preferring instead to use fundamental analysis.

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John Templeton focused on buying stocks he calculated were substantially undervalued, holding them until selling when their price rose to fair market value.

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John Templeton believed holding assets priced above fair market value in hopes they would further increase in price was speculation, not investing.

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However, John Templeton did not buy stocks merely because they were undervalued but took care investing in companies he determined were profitable, well-managed and with good long-term potential.

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John Templeton was known for taking profits when values and expectations were high.

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John Templeton was among the earliest American investors to devote substantial focus to investment opportunities in then-overlooked foreign markets such as Asia and Eastern Europe, and was such an early investor in Japan during the 1950s he had difficulty finding bi-lingual stockbrokers in either Japan or the United States to handle his firm's trades.

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Typical of value-oriented investors, John Templeton often had disappointing results during bull markets due to his avoidance of hot stocks of the moment.

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John Templeton predicted within the next few decades a major decrease in traditional schooling due to internet-based learning options.

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John Templeton received AIMR's first award for professional excellence in 1991.

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Judith John Templeton died in February 1951 in a motorbike accident.

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John Templeton remarried, to Irene Reynolds Butler in 1958; she died in 1993.

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John Templeton served as an elder of the First Presbyterian Church of Englewood.

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John Templeton was a trustee on the board of Princeton Theological Seminary, the largest Presbyterian seminary, for 42 years and served as its chair for 12 years.

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On 8 July 2008, John Templeton died at Doctors Hospital in Nassau, Bahamas, of pneumonia at 12:20.

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John Templeton was 95, and was survived by two sons, one of whom, John Templeton Jr.

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John Templeton was one of the most generous philanthropists in history, giving away over $1 billion to charitable causes.

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John Templeton renounced his US citizenship in 1964, which some sources claim was a strategy to minimize taxes.

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However, in a 1997 interview with Charlie Rose, John Templeton asserted the Bahamas had a higher tax rate than the United States and denied he renounced his citizenship to avoid paying taxes to the United States.

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John Templeton held dual naturalised Bahamian and British citizenship and lived in the Bahamas.

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In 2007, John Templeton was named one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People under the category of "Power Givers".

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John Templeton College is closely associated with Oxford's Said Business School.

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In 2007, John Templeton College transferred its executive education program to Said Business School.

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In 2008, John Templeton College merged with Green College to form Green John Templeton College.

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John Templeton was created a Knight Bachelor in 1987 for his philanthropic efforts.

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However, John Templeton eschewed dogma and declared relatively little was known about the divine through scripture, espousing what he called a "humble approach" to theology and remaining open to the benefits and values of other faiths.