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Meet the Man Who Started the $11 Trillion Index Revolution

  • Mac McQuown led a team of academic heavyweights at Wells Fargo
  • First-ever index fund was launched for Samsonite in July, 1971
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The unsung hero of modern investing spends his days on the sunny vineyards of Sonoma, California -- a world away from Wall Street.

John “Mac” McQuown never helmed a big bank, crafted policy from Washington D.C., nor enjoyed name recognition like his kindred spirit Jack Bogle.