Peter Cundill

F. Peter Cundill
Born (1938-10-00)October , 1938
Montreal, QC, Canada
Died January 24, 2011(2011-01-24) (aged 72)
London
Nationality Canada
Field Finance
Investment
Alma mater McGill University (1960)
Influenced Warren Buffett
Contributions There’s Always Something To Do (2011)

F. Peter Cundill (October 1938 – January 24, 2011) was a Canadian value investor. He was most noted for his flagship investment fund, Cundill Value Fund. Cundill was a follower of the Benjamin Graham investment style.

Biography

Peter Cundill was born in Montreal, Quebec in October 1938,[1] and was educated at Lower Canada College. He completed a Bachelor of Commerce degree from McGill University in 1960. He then qualified as a Chartered Accountant (1963) and a Chartered Financial Analyst Charter Holder (1968),[2] which lead to a career in the investment management business. Cundill worked at Greenshields Inc. in Montreal and the Yorkshire Group in Vancouver[3] In 2006 Cundill was diagnosed with Fragile X Tremor/Ataxia Syndrome,[1] an as yet untreatable neurological condition. Cundill died on January 24, 2011, in London.[1]

Investment career

Recognition

Selected publications

References

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