Not an obscure founder of risk management, but rather an old Latin idiom, "sic transit gloriamundi" (loosely translated, fame is temporary).
Gloriamundi was conceived and created by Barry Schachter in 1996.
With the encouragement of site users from many countries, the site has grown dramatically in depth and scope, now serving as a resource for the community of individuals interested in Value at Risk and more generally financial risk management.
Barry Schachter is currently Director, Quantitative Resources, for a large hedge fund. Previously he had served as Chief Risk Officer for three other hedge funds. He also has worked on the "sell side" in risk management. He was a Financial Economist in the Risk Analysis Division of the U.S. Office of the Comproller of the Currency. He also was an Economist (and acting Research Director) at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. He began his career in academia, spending most of that period at Simon Fraser University.
Barry is a Fellow of the Program in Mathematics in Finance at the Courant Institute of Mathematics at NYU, a member of the Advisory Board of the IAFE, a Research Associate of the EDHEC Risk Institute, and an active member of PRMIA. He writes and speaks on risk management topics in both academic and practitioner venues.
In 2004, he edited "Intelligent Hedge Fund Investing", published by Risk Books,
In 2007, he co-edited "How I Became a Quant," published by Wiley Finance.
Recent talks and articles include the following:
12 July 2010 - GARP London Chapter - "The New Risk Management Framework after the 2008 Financial Crisis"
8 February 2010 - EDHEC Alternative Investment Days (London) - "Risk Management and Hedge Funds after the Crisis"
