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John Williams

John Williams

Formal First Name
John
Dates
11/27/1900 - 9/15/1989

John Burr Williams was an American economist, a lauded icon in the field of fundamental analysis, and known for his analysis of the intrinsic values of stock prices. He was the founding father of a new field of corporate finance and is best known for his Theory of Investment Value, in which he articulated the concept of discounted cash flow based valuation, particularly, dividend based valuation.