Philippe Jorion

Philippe Jorion is an author, professor and risk manager. He is the author of more than 100 publications on the topic of risk management and international finance,[1] and is credited with pioneering the Value at Risk approach to risk management.[2]

Philippe Jorion
OccupationAuthor, Professor of Finance, University of California at Irvine / Head of Risk Management at PAAMCO
Notable work
Value at Risk, Financial Risk Management Handbook, Big Bets Gone Bad

Jorion's works include Financial Risk Manager Handbook and Value at Risk: The New Benchmark for Managing Financial Risk. He serves as the Chancellor’s Professor of Finance at the Paul Merage School of Business at the University of California at Irvine[3] and is a Managing Director at investment firm PAAMCO where he heads the Risk Management group.[4]

Jorion has received several awards honoring excellence in research and financial writing, including two from the CFA Institute.[5] Jorion holds an MBA and a PhD from the University of Chicago and a degree in engineering from the University of Brussels.[6]

References
  1. "Philippe Jorion Ph.D." Bloomberg.com. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
  2. "Goldman Sachs' sick con: How they made money off your misery". Salon.com. Retrieved May 1, 2015.
  3. "Ten Reasons to Consider Global Funds". Wsj.com. Retrieved April 21, 2015. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. "Philippe Jorion, PhD". Paamco.com. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
  5. "All Past Graham and Dodd Award Winners". Cfapubs.org. Retrieved April 21, 2015. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. "Philippe Jorion, PhD". Paamco.com. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
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