Marc Faber Keynote Speaker

Director of the Board at Ivanhoe Mines
Managing Director of Marc Faber Ltd
Distinguished public speaker and author

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Marc Faber's Biography

Dr Marc Faber was born in Zurich, Switzerland. He went to school in Geneva and Zurich and finished high school with the Matura. He studied Economics at the University of Zurich and, at the age of 24, obtained a PhD in Economics magna cum laude.

Between 1970 and 1978, Dr Faber worked for White Weld & Company Limited in New York, Zurich and Hong Kong.

Since 1973, he has lived in Hong Kong. From 1978 to February 1990, he was the Managing Director of Drexel Burnham Lambert (HK) Ltd. In June 1990, he set up his own business, Marc Faber Ltd which acts as an investment advisor and fund manager.

Dr Faber publishes a widely read monthly investment newsletter, The Gloom Boom & Doom Report, which highlights unusual investment opportunities, and is the author of several books including “Tomorrow’s Gold – Asia’s Age of Discovery” which was first published in 2002 and highlights future investment opportunities around the world. Tomorrow’s Gold was on Amazon’s best seller list for several weeks and has been translated into Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Thai and German. Dr Faber is also a regular contributor to several leading financial publications around the world.

A regular speaker at various investment seminars, Dr Faber is well known for his “contrarian” investment approach. He is also associated with a variety of funds and is a member of the Board of Directors of numerous companies.