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Eugene Francis Gene Fama (/ˈfɑːmə/; February 14 1939) is an American economist and Nobel laureate in Economics known for his work on portfolio theory and asset pricing both theoretical and empirical.He is currently Robert R. McCormick Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. In 2013 it was announced that he would be awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences jointly with Robert Shiller and Lars Peter Hansen.