Robert E. Whaley
Business management researcher
About Robert E. Whaley
Born 1953.
Robert E. Whaley is Valere Blair Potter Professor of Finance and Director of the Financial Markets Research Center at the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University. Whaley developed the Market Volatility Index (VIX) for the Chicago Board Options Exchange in 1993.
He graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Alberta in 1975, and an MBA (1976) and PhD (1978) from the University of Toronto.
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