T. Rowe Price
The Man, The Company, and The Investment Philosophy
2019
Biography
by
Cornelius C. Bond
Biography of Thomas Rowe Price Jr., founder of T. Rowe Price Group. This book details his life and how, during the 1930s Depression, Price recognized that owning growing businesses generated the largest fortunes. It also details how he started his firm and created a growth investing movement.
Jermaine's Notes
January 2025
August 2025
Interesting to see how Price's macro top-down investing style worked and didn't work. He shouldn't have sold his firm imo. Read 2019 hardcover.
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