Richard Driehaus

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Richard H. Driehaus ( born 1942 in Chicago) is a fund manager, businessman and philanthropist founder, Chief Investment Officer and chairman of Driehaus Capital Management based in Chicago, a firm which manages U.S. $3 billion. In the year 2000, he was named Barron's "All-Century" team of the 25 individuals who have been the most influential within the mutual fund industry over the past 100 years.

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[edit] Education

Driehaus holds a BSc 1965, MBA 1970 and an honorary doctorate degree from DePaul University in 2002.

[edit] Career

From 1968 through 1973, he developed research ideas for the Institutional Trading department at A.G. Becker & Co In 1973, he became Director of Research for Mullaney, Wells & Co In 1976, he became Director of Research and a money manager for Jesup & Lamont. He founded Driehaus Securities LLC in 1980, followed by Driehaus Capital Management LLC in 1982, Driehaus Mutual Funds in 1996 and Driehaus Capital Management (USVI) LLC in 1997.

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Driehaus has contributed a total of $3.74-million from 1984 to 1987, which is now worth $92-million. The foundation has distributed $20.5-million since its inception and will distribute $4-million a year, mostly in Chicago. Originally, Mr. Driehaus says, his plan was to give away only $100-million during his lifetime. But he now believes that he will end up parting with more than twice that amount.

[edit] Driehaus Prize

In addition to other philanthropic pursuits, the $100,000 Richard H. Driehaus Prize for Classical Architecture was established and is presented annually through the University of Notre Dame’s School of Architecture to honor a major contributor in the field of traditional and classical architecture.

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