Jack Bogle dies, age 89

[bimmerphile]

Jack Bogle, founder of Vanguard Group and creator of the index fund, dies at age 89

I didn't realize he had half a dozen heart attacks

 

[citrus]

RIP. We lost a great one today.

"If a statue is ever erected to honor the person who has done the most for American investors, the hands down choice should be Jack Bogle," billionaire investor Warren Buffett wrote in his annual letter in March 2017.

 

[killbilly]

Bogle gave one hell of an interview on a Freakonomics episode that ran on NPR last year. It was utterly fascinating - one of the few times I've pulled the car over into a parking lot so I could sit and listen, text my Dad and a couple others to tell them to turn it on.