David Booth

Chairman and Co-founder, Dimensional Fund Advisors

FundDimensional Fund Advisors LP$551.84B

David Booth co-founded Dimensional Fund Advisors in 1981 and is its chairman. The firm runs low-cost funds built on academic research into what drives market returns rather than on stock picking.

Funds

The funds David Booth runs, and what each reported holding in its latest 13F filing with the SEC.

Dimensional Fund Advisors LP$551.84BChairman and Co-founder3,221 positions · 13F as of Jun 30, 2026Largest positionsNvidia3.4%Apple3.1%Microsoft2.1%See the portfolio →

Net worth: $2.8B; #1465 in the world · Forbes, 31 October 2026

Snapshot

Known for

Co-founding Dimensional Fund Advisors

Worth knowing

The University of Chicago Booth School of Business is named after him.
He paid $4.3 million in 2010 for James Naismith's original 1891 rules of basketball and gave them to the University of Kansas.

Age: 78
Based: Austin, Texas
Citizenship: United States
Born: 1946
Role: Chairman, Dimensional Fund Advisors

David Booth

Funds

Snapshot

Connections

Ties, as Forbes lists them

Either side by net worth

Funds

Snapshot

Connections

Ties, as Forbes lists them

Either side by net worth