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Peter D.A. Stein
Vice President and Chief Investment Officer

Peter D.A. Stein

Peter D.A. Stein
Office of Investments
401 N. Michigan Avenue
Suite 900
Chicago, IL 60611
Ph: (312) 595-1000

Peter Stein is the Vice President and Chief Investment Officer at the University of Chicago. Stein has responsibility for the investment of the University’s endowment (valued at approximately $5.1 billion) and other financial assets and for the day-to-day management of the investment office and its staff of fourteen professionals. In addition, he works closely with the Chief Financial Officer and the Vice President for Development in support of the University’s financial goals and the development and planned giving programs and assists the Chair and other members of the Investment Committee of the Board of Trustees in support of the University’s investment goals.

Stein, who holds a bachelor’s degree in pure mathematics from Brown University, joined the University of Chicago in July of 2005 from Princeton University Investment Company, where he worked for five years. At Princeton, Stein was a Managing Director, focused on investments in hedge funds, domestic equities and fixed income, as well as broader portfolio functions. Peter has more than twenty years of fund management, analyst and trading experience.

Stein is originally from Westchester County, New York. After attending Brown, he remained in the northeast where he worked for a number of financial service organizations. He also had a short assignment in Japan.