Andrew Rudd

Andrew Rudd is the Founder of Advisor Software and also serves as its Chief Executive Officer and Chairman. He also serves as Board Member at United Capital Financial Partners. He is also an angel investor. He is also the Co-Founder of Advisor Partners. He is also a Co-Founder and former Chairman and CEO of Barra, Inc., where he served as CEO from 1984 to 1999. He is the co-author of two industry-leading books on institutional investing: "Modern Portfolio Theory: The Principles of Investment Management" and "Option Pricing", and co-editor with Prof. Stephen Satchell of "Quantitative Approaches to High Net Worth Investment." Andrew was also Professor of Finance and Operations Research at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. In addition, he has written numerous journal articles and research papers on a wide range of domestic and international investment practices and theories. Andrew received his Bachelor of Science degree with honors in Mathematics and Physics from Sussex University in England, and earned a M.Sc. in Operations Research, an M.B.A in Finance and International Business, and a Ph.D. in Finance and Operations Research from the University of California, Berkeley.