The University of California (UC) is a public land-grant research university system in the U.S. state of California. Headquartered in Oakland,the system is composed of its ten campuses at Berkeley,Davis,Irvine,Los Angeles,Merced,Riverside,San Diego,San Francisco,Santa Barbara,and Santa Cruz,along with numerous research centers and academic centers abroad. The system is the state's land-grant university.
The University of California,Irvine is a public land-grant research university in Irvine,California,United States. One of the ten campuses of the University of California system,UCI offers 87 undergraduate degrees and 129 graduate and professional degrees,and roughly 30,000 undergraduates and 6,000 graduate students were enrolled at UCI as of Fall 2019. The university is classified among "R1:Doctoral Universities –Very high research activity" and had $523.7 million in research and development expenditures in 2021. UCI became a member of the Association of American Universities in 1996.
The University of Waterloo is a public research university with a main campus in Waterloo,Ontario,Canada. The main campus is on 404 hectares of land adjacent to uptown Waterloo and Waterloo Park. The university also operates three satellite campuses and four affiliated university colleges. The university offers academic programs administered by six faculties and thirteen faculty-based schools. Waterloo operates the largest post-secondary co-operative education program in the world,with over 20,000 undergraduate students enrolled in the university's co-op program. Waterloo is a member of the U15,a group of research-intensive universities in Canada.
Richard Charles Blum was an American investor and the husband of United States Senator Dianne Feinstein. He was the chairman and president of Blum Capital,an equity investment management firm. Blum was on the boards of directors of several companies,including CB Richard Ellis,where until May 2009 he served as the chairman of that board. He was a regent of the University of California from 2002 until his death.
The Regents of the University of California is the governing board of the University of California (UC),a state university system in the U.S. state of California. The Board of Regents has 26 voting members,the majority of whom are appointed by the governor of California to serve 12-year terms.
Mihal "Mike" Lazaridis is a Greek Canadian businessman,investor in quantum computing technologies,and co-founder of Research In Motion,which created and manufactured the BlackBerry wireless handheld device. In November 2009,Canadian Business ranked Lazaridis as the 11th wealthiest Canadian,with an estimated net worth of CA$2.9 billion.
An institutional investor is an entity that pools money to purchase securities,real property,and other investment assets or originate loans. Institutional investors include commercial banks,central banks,credit unions,government-linked companies,insurers,pension funds,sovereign wealth funds,charities,hedge funds,real estate investment trusts,investment advisors,endowments,and mutual funds. Operating companies which invest excess capital in these types of assets may also be included in the term. Activist institutional investors may also influence corporate governance by exercising voting rights in their investments. In 2019,the world's top 500 asset managers collectively managed $104.4 trillion in Assets under Management (AuM).
The Permanent University Fund (PUF) is a sovereign wealth fund created by the State of Texas to fund public higher education within the state. A portion of the returns from the PUF are annually directed towards the Available University Fund (AUF),which distributes the funds according to provisions set forth by the 1876 Texas Constitution,subsequent constitutional amendments,and the board of regents of the Texas A&M University System and University of Texas System. The PUF provides extra funds,above monies from tax revenues,to the UT System and the Texas A&M System which collectively have approximately 50 percent of state public university students. The PUF does not provide any funding to other public Universities in the State of Texas.
Pacific Investment Management Company LLC is an American investment management firm focusing on active fixed income management worldwide. PIMCO manages investments in many asset classes such as fixed income,equities and other financial assets across public and private markets. PIMCO is one of the largest investment managers,actively managing more than $2 trillion in assets for central banks,sovereign wealth funds,pension funds,corporations,foundations and endowments,and individual investors around the world. According to the Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute,PIMCO is the 6th-largest asset manager in the world by managed AUM.
The Harvard University endowment,valued at $50.7 billion as of June 30,2023,is the largest academic endowment in the world. Its value increased by over 10 billion dollars in fiscal year 2021,ending the year with its largest sum in history. Along with Harvard's pension assets,working capital,and non-cash gifts,the endowment is managed by Harvard Management Company,Inc. (HMC),a Harvard-owned investment management company.
Gerald L. Parsky is an American financier and former public servant. He is chairman of Aurora Capital Group,a Los Angeles–based private investment firm managing over $2.0 billion of private equity capital.
David Frederick Swensen was an American investor,endowment fund manager,and philanthropist. He was the chief investment officer at Yale University from 1985 until his death in May 2021.
Mark George Yudof is an American law professor and academic administrator. He is a former president of the University of California (2008-2013),former chancellor of the University of Texas System (2002–2008),and former president of the University of Minnesota (1997–2002).
Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo) is a Canadian Crown corporation and institutional investor established to manage several public funds and pensions headquartered in Edmonton,Alberta. AIMCo was established by an act of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in 2008 under the government of Progressive Conservative Premier Ed Stelmach.
Barry Allen Munitz has been a senior administrator at the University of Illinois and the University of Houston,a business executive at Maxxam,Inc.,chancellor of the California State University system,and chief executive officer of the world's wealthiest art institution,the J. Paul Getty Trust. He is on the Board of Selectors of Jefferson Awards for Public Service.
The University of California public university system is funded through both public and private money. Some funds are given directly to each of the system's 10 campuses,while the rest are distributed through the central UC Office of the President. Support given by the state of California to its three-tier higher education system is presented by the governor every January,and approved by the state legislature at the end of the fiscal year in June. Traditionally,the state of California has been the largest public supporter of the UC system. In response to state budget woes,UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau in 2011 made the claim that his own university is turning into a federal and not a state institution because of the inversion of the proportion of funds given by each jurisdiction since he became Chancellor in 2004.
Michael G. McCaffery is an American businessman. He is chairman and managing director of Makena Capital Management. He was previously the president and CEO of the Stanford Management Company,which oversees the Stanford University endowment.
Partners Capital Investment Group,LLC is a leading global investment firm acting for distinguished endowments and foundations,senior investment professionals and prominent families across the globe. As of July 2024,the 360-person firm had US$60 billion in assets under management.
The Yale University endowment is the world's second-largest university endowment and has a reputation as one of the best-performing investment portfolios in American higher education. The endowment was established at Yale University,then Yale College,in 1718 from an initial fund of £562 provided by Elihu Yale and has grown to more than $40 billion in value over the ensuing 300 years. It is managed by the Yale Investments Office.
Patricia Lofton Hardaway is an American labor lawyer and academic administrator who was the 19th president of Wilberforce University from 2008 to 2013. She has served as the interim chief human resources officer of the University of California since 2023.
