Peter Lynch — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Managed the Magellan Fund at Fidelity Investments from 1977 to 1990, achieving a 29.2% annual return.
Grew Magellan Fund assets under management from US$18 million to $14 billion during his 13-year tenure.
Authored "One Up on Wall Street" (1989), which sold over one million copies.
Coined influential investment mantras such as "invest in what you know" and "ten bagger".
A proponent of value investing strategies.
Earned a Master of Business Administration from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1968.

Biography

Peter Lynch is an American investor, mutual fund manager, author, and philanthropist, born on January 19, 1944. He is widely recognized for his tenure as the manager of the Magellan Fund at Fidelity Investments between 1977 and 1990. During this period, Lynch averaged an impressive 29.2% annual return, consistently outperforming the S&P 500 stock market index.