Background
Eck, John Carel van was born on September 15, 1915.
Eck, John Carel van was born on September 15, 1915.
Bachelor, Williams College, 1936. Master of Business Administration, Harvard University, 1938.
With Royal Dutch Petroleum Company, London, 1939—1940, Shell Oil Corporation, San Francisco, 1940—1941, Morgan Stanley & Company, 1946—1950. Partner Steckler & Moore, 1951—1955. Chairman, president Van Eck Management Corporation, since 1955, Van Eck Securities Corporation, since 1955, International Investors Inc., Van Eck Futures Inc., since 1980.
Chairman Van Eck Associates Corporation, since 1984. Chairman, president Van Eck Funds, since 1985. Director The Henley Group, Inc., Eclipse Equity Fund.
President New York Association Foreign Analysts, 1977—1978.
Member of New York Society Security Analysts, Inc. (chairman foreign analysts committee 1966-1967), International Society Security Analysts.