Must-Read for Finance Professionals: Top 10 Legendary Investors

1. John D. Rockefeller
- Title: "Father of Global Investment"
- Characteristics: Contrarian value investor, bottomed out European and American stock markets during WWII, with an annualized return of 14.5%

2. Benjamin Graham
- Title: "Father of Securities Analysis"
- Contribution: Proposed the three principles of stock investing—Horizontal Analysis, Expectation Method, and Margin of Safety

3. Philip Fisher
- Title: "King of Growth Stocks"
- Position: Founder of modern investment theory, skilled at identifying and holding super growth stocks for the long term; also a trend investing master, with the Quantum Fund achieving an average annual growth rate of 35%

4. Warren Buffett
- Title: "Stock God" "Pioneer of the Price-to-Earnings Ratio"
- Characteristics: Leading figure in value investing, with his companies achieving over 20% annualized returns for 57 consecutive years; also one of the most renowned financial figures in the US, representing low P/E funds

5. Peter Lynch
- Title: "Legend of the Fund World"
- Characteristics: Leading growth investor, key to investing success is understanding the companies invested in

6. George Soros
- Title: "Father of American Mutual Funds"
- Achievements: 68-year investment career with no losing year, dubbed the "Century-Long Successful Stock Trader"

7. John Neff
- Title: "Pioneer of Earnings-Based Investing"
- Renowned American fund manager

8. John Bogle
- Title: "Father of Index Funds"
- Contribution: Founder of Vanguard Group, launched the world's first index fund

9. William J. Gann
- Title: "Founder of Gann Theory"
- Position: One of the most famous investors of the 20th century, author of "Gann Investing Philosophy"

10. Roy Zuberg
- Title: "Father of American Mutual Funds"
- Experience: 68 years of investing, known as a century-long successful stock trader