People

Gilbert de Botton

Gilbert de Botton

Formal First Name
Gilbert
Dates
2/16/1935 - 8/27/2000
Location

Gilbert de Botton was the founder of Global Asset Management and a notable connoisseur of contemporary art. De Botton established GAM with the viewpoint that sophisticated institutional and individual investors should have their assets invested globally instead of being concentrated in their own domestic markets, as common fund managers tend to suggest. He adopted a "fund of funds" approach in the belief that no investment manager could effectively follow a huge number of stock markets.