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US: Vanguard Group founder John Bogle dies

By  |  January 16, 2019
Vanguard Group founder and investing pioneer John C. Bogle has died at age 89, reported the Wall Street Journal.

Bogle simplified investing for the masses by introducing the first index mutual fund for individual investors in 1976. Vanguard also shook up the industry by ending the company’s reliance on outside brokers by directly marketing its funds to investors without charging upfront fees known as sales loads.

Bogle served as Vanguard’s chairman and CEO from its 1974 founding until 1996. He stepped down as senior chairman in 2000, but remained a vocal critic of the fund industry and Wall Street, writing books, delivering speeches and running a markets think tank that bears his name.

Bogle, whose personal fortune was a valued at  $80 million, had a history of cardiac problems, suffering the first of a half-dozen heart attacks at age 31 and undergoing a transplant at 65.

Bogle resided in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Survivors include his wife, Eve, and six children.

Full Content: Wall Street Journal

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