endowment
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Narvekar was hired to run the Harvard Management Co., as the endowment is known, in 2016 and was charged with turning around Harvard’s endowment as its fourth CEO in a decade.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026
He more than doubled the share of endowment assets in hedge funds, holdings that helped Harvard outperform almost all of its peers in 2024, according to Markov.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026
Today, roughly 90% of the $56.9 billion endowment is managed externally.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026
It closed last year after its endowment came to an end.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
The foundation had an endowment of roughly $22 billion, which generated about $1.1 billion in annual income to spend on various projects, about half of it to improve global health.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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The Federalist Papers, No. 10 by James Madison
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