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Terence James "Jim" O'Neill, Baron O'Neill of Gatley (born 17 March 1957),〔 retiring chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, is a British economist best known for coining BRIC, the acronym that stands for Brazil, Russia, India, and China—the four rapidly developing countries that have come to symbolise the shift in global economic power away from the developed G7 economies. As of January 2014, he is an Honorary Professor of Economics at the University of Manchester.〔http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=11377〕 ==Career== O'Neill obtained a B.A. degree in 1977 and an M.A. degree in economics from Sheffield University in 1978.〔(Lord O’Neill of Gatley ) - website gov.uk〕〔(Jim O'Neill Bio ) - website of Goldman Sachs〕 He subsequently earned his Ph.D. degree from the University of Surrey in 1982, with a thesis titled ''(An empirical investigation into the OPEC surplus and its disposal )''. O'Neill began his career in finance working at Bank of America in 1982. From 1988 to 1991, he was in charge of the fixed income research group at Swiss Bank Corporation, and he served as SBC's chief of global research. He joined Goldman Sachs in 1997 and he was appointed as the head of global economics research in 2001, which is also when he published the seminal BRIC paper. No candidate yet has been named to replace him as Chief Economist. In 2010, he was named Chairman of Goldman Sachs's Division of Asset Management, a newly created position in which O'Neill manages over $800 billion in assets by "leverag()" his "global perspective on world markets".〔 He continues to publish research regarding the global economy, in addition to coming up with innovative investment strategies for clients. His new appointment was regarded as a symbol of Goldman's "efforts to reposition itself for Wall Street's post-crisis era",〔 one in which Goldman Sachs is "bullish" about the fact that emerging markets are "the future". In 2011, he was included in the 50 Most Influential ranking of ''Bloomberg Markets'' magazine. In February 2013, the firm announced O'Neill's impending retirement, which took place two months later, in April 2013.〔http://www.ibanet.org/Article/Detail.aspx?ArticleUid=b8a1e2e0-292b-49d5-8b7b-306ecc432b98〕 He is a currently on the International Advisory Board of the (Centre for Rising Powers ) at the University of Cambridge. O'Neill sits on the QFINANCE Strategic Advisory Board. He is also a member of the board of Bruegel, the European think tank for international economics. O'Neill is chairman of the Greater Manchester Local Enterprise Partnership Advisory Board, which advises on the growth of the Greater Manchester economy. On 2 July 2014 he was appointed by UK Prime Minister David Cameron to head an international commission to investigate global antimicrobial resistance. On 21 July 2014 O'Neill was awarded an Honorary Litt.D. degree by the University of Sheffield in recognition of his contribution to international economics.〔(World-renowned economist among University's honorary degree recipients ) - website of the University of Sheffield〕 He furthermore has honorary degrees from the Institute of Education of the University of London, for his educational philanthropy, and from City University London for his services to banking and finance.〔 On 28 May 2015 he was created a Life Peer as Baron O'Neill of Gatley, of Gatley in the County of Greater Manchester. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jim O'Neill, Baron O'Neill of Gatley」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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