Andrew K. Golden is President of the Princeton University Investment Company which manages the university's financial endowment. The Princeton endowment returned 17% in 2005 and is valued at $11.9 billion, which makes it the fourth largest university endowment in the USA. Before joining Princeton in 1995, Golden worked with David Swensen as an intern and then as Portfolio Manager at Yale's Investment Office from 1988 to 1993. Golden's investment approach is based on "challenging conventionality." Golden earned his bachelor's degree from Duke University and his master's degree from Yale School of Management in 1989. Golden also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
