Kenneth French — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Roth Family Distinguished Professor of Finance at the Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College
Co-developer of the Fama–French three-factor model, which explains stock returns beyond the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)
Board member and head of investment policy at Dimensional Fund Advisors
President of the American Finance Association (2007–8)
Holds a Ph.D. in finance from the University of Rochester

Biography

Kenneth Ronald French is the Roth Family Distinguished Professor of Finance at the Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College. He is widely recognized for his collaborative work with Eugene Fama on asset pricing. Together, they developed the Fama–French three-factor model, which challenges the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) by incorporating market capitalization and 'value' as additional factors to explain stock returns.