John Templeton Quotes


While there are many problems, if one focuses on the bigger picture there are numerous reasons to be thankful for living in a time of remarkable progress and wonderful possibilities for the future.


Citations

Templeton, John Marks. Is Progress Speeding Up? Our Multiplying Multitudes of Blessings. Templeton Foundation Press, 1997.

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  • Born: November 29, 1912
  • Died: July 8, 2008
  • Nationality: British, American
  • Profession: Investor, Fund Manager, Philanthropist

Sir John Marks Templeton was an American-born British investor, banker, fund manager, and philanthropist. In 1954, he entered the mutual fund market and created the Templeton Growth Fund, which averaged growth over 15% per year for 38 years. A pioneer of emerging market investing in the 1960s, Money magazine named him "arguably the greatest global stock picker of the century" in 1999.