birth_place networth title article_title birth_date spouse employer name occupation alma_mater
united states us portfolio manager , vice-chairman peter lynch
 19 january 1944 carolyn lynch fidelity investments peter lynch fund manager boston college -lrb- b.a. -rrb-
peter lynch

peter lynch -lrb- born january 19 , 1944 -rrb- is an american businessman and stock investor .
as the manager of the magellan fund at fidelity investments between 1977 and 1990 , lynch averaged a 29.2 % annual return , consistently more than doubling the s&p 500 market index and making it the best performing mutual fund in the world .
during his tenure , assets under management increased from $ 18 million to $ 14 billion .
he also co-authored a number of books and papers on investing and coined a number of well known mantras of modern individual investing strategies , such as `` invest in what you know '' and `` ten bagger '' .
lynch is consistently described as a `` legend '' by the financial media for his performance record , and was called `` legendary '' by jason zweig in his 2003 update of benjamin graham 's book , `` the intelligent investor '' .
