BORN

Oct. 6, 1938. Doncaster, EnglandEDUCATION

BA, Sheffield University, 1961; MBA, Harvard University, 1966CURRENT JOB

Chief strategist & chairman, Grantham, Mayo, Van OtterlooPRIOR EXPERIENCE

Portfolio manager, Keystone Custodian Funds, 1966-69; co-founder and strategist, Batterymarch Financial Management, 1969-77INVESTING APPROACH

"We're looking for systematic ways of beating the market, but we're also pragmatic. In other words, we see the models as our servants and not the other way around."