Awards & Recognition
★1990 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
★Graham and Dodd Award of Excellence (received 5 times)
★Past President of the American Finance Association
★UCLA Medal (UCLA's highest honor)
★Multiple honorary doctorates from DePaul, University of Alicante, University of Vienna
Notable Facts
→Nobel Prize winner in Economic Sciences (1990) for developing the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)
→Creator of the Sharpe Ratio, fundamental tool in modern finance
→Co-founder of Financial Engines, sold for $3 billion in 2018
→STANCO 25 Professor of Finance Emeritus at Stanford Graduate School of Business
→Author of 7 books on finance and portfolio theory
→Founded multiple companies including Sharpe-Russell Research and William F. Sharpe Associates