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Once Drafted by the Boston Celtics, Now He’s Leading a Quant Fund Firm
Dimensional Co-CEO Dave Butler describes his journey from professional basketball to preaching the power of efficient portfolios.
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As Dave Butler tells it, it was his decision to quit Wall Street that jump-started his 30-year career in finance.
The 6-foot-9-inch Los Angeles native had already given up a professional basketball career because of injuries. Two years in New York made him long for California. That’s when David Booth’s Dimensional Fund Advisors presented Butler with a new way of looking at investing—from Santa Monica.