Albert Nicholas (CEO)

Albert O. Nicholas
Born(1931-01-24)January 24, 1931
DiedAugust 4, 2016(2016-08-04) (aged 85)
EducationUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison (B.A., M.B.A.)
Occupation(s)CEO
businessman
chartered financial analyst
Employer(s)Nicholas Company, Inc.
Known forAll-American guard for the Wisconsin Badgers (1949–1952)

Albert O. "Ab" Nicholas (January 24, 1931 – August 4, 2016) was the chairman, CEO, and portfolio manager of Nicholas Company, Inc. founded in 1967 and based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In April 2010, he was one of four inducted into the Wisconsin Business Hall of Fame. According to Bloomberg Markets in 2015, "The Nicholas Fund, which he has run since 1969, has topped the Standard & Poor's 500 Index by an average of 2 percentage points a year for the past 40 years and [beat] it every year since 2008 [through 2014].