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JOHN C. BOGLE is the founder and former Chief Executive of The Vanguard Group, Inc., the world's largest no-load mutual fund group, with more than 12 million shareholders and $500 billion in assets. He has studied mutual funds in depth since 1949, when he began the research for his senior thesis at Princeton University before joining the industry in 1951. In 1998, he received the Distinguished Service Award of the Association for Investment Management and Research. Early in 1999, his alma mater, Princeton University, presented him with its coveted Woodrow Wilson Award, exemplifying "Princeton in the Nation's Service." Later in 1999, he was identified as one of America's four financial "giants of the twentieth century" by Fortune magazine. Bogle is the author of the bestselling book, Bogle on Mutual Funds: New Perspectives for the Intelligent Investor, as well as numerous articles on investing.

"...provides good basics on how to think about mutual fund investing..." (Wall Street Journal, August 7, 2006

"...A solid advisor in the world of charlatans, false prophets and hysterics and can be recommended to everyone." (Financial Times (Germany), 27th February 2001)

"Bogle has written an incredibly insightful and impassioned study of the mutual funds industry. The study is lucid, invigorating and well informed." (Investment Adviser, 18th December 2000)