Fisher Investments CEO
Ken Fisher is the founder, Chairman and CEO of Fisher Investments, a money management firm serving large corporate and public pension plans, as well as endowments, foundations and high net worth individuals across the US, UK, and Canada.
Forbes Portfolio Strategy Columnist
Perhaps best known for his prestigious Forbes "Portfolio Strategy" column, Ken Fisher's 28 years of high-profile market calls make him the fourth-longest running columnist in Forbes history. Ken Fisher's long tenure provides a record of his notable market calls--both good and bad.1
Best-selling Author
Ken Fisher has written ten books, including four New York Times bestsellers, 2006's The Only Three Questions That Count, 2008's The Ten Roads to Riches, 2009's How to Smell a Rat, and 2010's Debunkery. His latest book, The Little Book of Market Myths, was published in 2013. In 1984, his Super Stocks was that year's best-selling stock market book. Others include 1987's The Wall Street Waltz and 1993's 100 Minds That Make the Market, both re-released by John Wiley & Sons in 2007.
Investment Guru
Ken Fisher has also been published, interviewed and/or been written about in numerous major American, British and German finance or business periodicals. He writes a weekly column for Germany's Focus Money magazine as well as monthly acolumn the UK's Interactive Investor website. Since 2000, his Forbes market forecasts have been among the most accurate as reviewed by third-party CXO Advisory Group. . The research firm's "Guru Grades" rates the accuracy of publicly available expert forecasts on the stock market. Ken Fisher is among the top-ranked forecasters on the list. 2
Research Innovator
His early 1970s theoretical work pioneered a tool known as the Price-to-Sales Ratio, now a core part of financial curriculum. A prize-winning researcher, his credits span a multitude of professional and scholarly journals as well as his firm's output--in both traditional and behavioral finance.
Personal Life
Ken Fisher's hobbies include the history of Kings Mountain, California and 19th century redwood lumbering history. He has also established the Kenneth L. Fisher Chair in Redwood Forest Ecology at his alumni, Humboldt State University. He resides in Woodside, California, with his wife, Sherrilyn. They have three adult sons.