Death Notice: Robert Augustus Gardner Monks

Death Notice: Robert Augustus Gardner Monks

Monks, Robert A.G. 91, in Cape Elizabeth, April 29. Summer services. ...

Robert A.G. Monks (1933-2025)

Robert A.G. Monks, the corporate governance visionary who chaired our board, died this week at age 91. He was the founder of Institutional Shareholder Services in 1985, the LENS Fund in 1990, The Corporate Library (later GMI Ratings and now part of MSCI) in 2000, and ValueEdge Advisors in 2014. Bob always said that his understanding of the critical importance and opportunity for institutional shareholders came from a polluted river he saw when h…