Laszlo Birinyi

Laszlo Birinyi Jr. (; September 20, 1943 – August 21, 2023) was an American investor, businessman, and the founder of Birinyi Associates, Inc. and Asset Management Arm.

Personal life Laszlo Birinyi Jr. was born in Karcag, Hungary, in 1943. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1967, with a major in history, and earned an MBA from the New York University Graduate School of Business in 1975.

Career Birinyi started his career in the investment industry as a trader, and then worked at Salomon Brothers starting from 1976 as an equity researcher and market analyst, later being promoted to head of equity market analysis.

Birinyi Associates Birinyi launched Birinyi Associates in 1989, following his departure from Salomon Brothers. and was also a panelist for Louis Rukeyser's Wall $treet Week. He continued to write investment analyses until days before his death. and The Equity Desk – a book about stock market trading.

Philanthropic efforts In 2001, Birinyi launched the Laszlo Birinyi Sr. Distinguished Professorship in Hungarian Culture at the University of North Carolina in honor of his father. This $1 million endowment was "the first Hungarian culture professorship in the South, and it distinguishes Carolina as one of the few places in the United States where students may work with an expert in Hungarian studies."