SIR JOHN TEMPLETON

Sir John Templeton is the founder of the Templeton Growth Fund which was one of the first mutual funds to accept global investing and is known to many as one of the most prolific and respected investors and mutual fund managers of all time. He was born in 1912 and he established the Templeton Growth Fund in 1954. He died in 2008 leaving a legacy that many investors look up to. He is remembered as the philanthropist whose focus in fundamental analysis of stock and contrarian investing style is still revered today.