Andy Ward
President at The University of Chicago Endowment
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Mr. Andy Ward is a Vice President & Chief Investment Officer at The University of Chicago Endowment.
He joined the University of Chicago in October 2021.
In his role, he manages a 29-person team in the Office of Investments and works closely with the University’s Investment Committee.
He is responsible for managing the University’s endowment and leads the Office of Investments’ stewardship of the University’s investment assets, which provide robust support for the University’s long-term education and research mission.
He came to the University from the Boeing Company, where he had served as vice president and chief investment officer since 2009.
In that role, he was responsible for investing and managing the $135-plus billion in assets of the company’s employee benefit plans.
He previously has served as Boeing’s managing director of investment strategy and asset allocation for the company’s retirement plans, as well as director of alternative investments.
Prior to Boeing, he worked at Aon Corporation, managing the underwriting assets of its insurance subsidiaries; and he also served as a management consultant for A.T.
Kearney.
He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in marketing from Indiana University in 1992 and earned his MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business in 1997, with concentrations in finance and economics.
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The University of Chicago Endowment
The University of Chicago Endowment Investment Trusts/Mutual FundsMiscellaneous The University of Chicago Endowment (UCE) manages the endowment of the University of Chicago, a private research university headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. They are responsible for overseeing the investment of the University's investment assets including the endowment, pensions, and other related assets. The University of Chicago’s endowment supports the fundamental mission of the institution—to produce a caliber of teaching and research that regularly leads to advances across the sciences, medicine, law, business, the arts, and humanistic inquiry. The endowment provides a permanent source of income to these endeavors by supplementing the operating budget of the University. | President | 2021-09-30 |
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Indiana University | Undergraduate Degree |
The University of Chicago Booth School of Business | Masters Business Admin |
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The University of Chicago Endowment
The University of Chicago Endowment Investment Trusts/Mutual FundsMiscellaneous The University of Chicago Endowment (UCE) manages the endowment of the University of Chicago, a private research university headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. They are responsible for overseeing the investment of the University's investment assets including the endowment, pensions, and other related assets. The University of Chicago’s endowment supports the fundamental mission of the institution—to produce a caliber of teaching and research that regularly leads to advances across the sciences, medicine, law, business, the arts, and humanistic inquiry. The endowment provides a permanent source of income to these endeavors by supplementing the operating budget of the University. | Miscellaneous |
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