Philip A. Fisher
Growth investor and author
Philip A. Fisher was an American investor and a proponent of growth investing. His book Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits has stayed in print for decades.
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American Born 1907 in San Francisco, United States Died 2004
About Philip A. Fisher
Philip Arthur Fisher was born in San Francisco on September 8, 1907, and died there on March 11, 2004. He began his career in 1928, leaving the newly created Stanford Graduate School of Business to work as a securities analyst at the Anglo-London Bank in San Francisco. He later returned to Stanford to teach its investment course. Fisher founded the money management firm Fisher & Company. He is best known for Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits, which has remained in print since it first appeared and is included in Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits and Other Writings. It sets out his fifteen points for judging a common stock, which look at the qualities of well-run companies that can grow.