Gordon S. Murray

Murray was born in Richmond, Virginia in 1950.^[1][2] He earned an A.B. in political science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill before completing an M.B.A. at Columbia Business School.^[1]

Murray joined Goldman Sachs in the mid-1970s, rising through institutional fixed-income sales.^[3] Senior roles followed at Lehman Brothers and Credit Suisse First Boston, where he was a managing director responsible for large institutional clients.^[3] After leaving Wall Street in 2001, he consulted to Dimensional Fund Advisors, an asset manager known for its passive, research-based approach.^[1]

In 2008, Murray was diagnosed with glioblastoma and, after a recurrence in 2010, he stopped treatment to spend his remaining months writing The Investment Answer with long-time friend and adviser Daniel C. Goldie.^[4] Self-published in August 2010 and acquired by Business Plus four months later, the 96-page guide reached U.S. best-seller lists following features on network television and public radio.^[5][3]