Chris Browne, of the illustrious value investing firm Tweedy Browne, passed away on December 13th from a heart attack. He was a valued contributor to the Heilbrunn Center and to the Value Investing Program at Columbia Business School. Browne was a long time advisor to the Heilbrunn Center and was always supportive of the idea of an academic center for the value investing approach.
He was a founding member of the Heilbrunn Center Board of Advisors in 2002, and served for 7 years as a trusted advisor to the program. In addition, he was a regular guest lecturer in Bruce Greenwald’s Value Investing Seminar, the capstone class of Columbia’s Value Investing Program. His lifelong focus as an investor rooted in the fundamental principles of Benjamin Graham and David Dodd provided a tremendous example to hundreds of MBA students over the years.
The Heilbrunn Center joins with Tweedy Browne in mourning his passing, and celebrating his many contributions to the value investing discipline.
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