William J. O’Neil, an early and successful practitioner of computer-aided stock analysis who shared his strategy in a best-selling book and Investor’s Business Daily, which he founded in 1984 ...

William J. O’Neil was born on March 25, 1933, in Oklahoma and was raised in Texas, graduating from high school in Dallas. He earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from SMU in 1955.

William J. O’Neil, who grew up poor in Oklahoma during the Dust Bowl days of the 1930s, made a huge profit on early-1960s investments in Chrysler and Syntex, a pioneer in birth-control pills.

William O'Neil + Company's recommendations cover more than 70,000 global equities, funds, and indices and draw on a rich history of 60 years of equity research experience using the O'Neil Methodology.

This week, we are deeply saddened by the death of William J. O’Neil on May 28, 2023, at the age of 90. O’Neil, the founder of Investor’s Business Daily and author of How to Make Money in ...

The William J. O’Neil Lecture Series in Business Journalism brings outstanding business journalism professionals to the SMU campus each spring. It is part of a cooperative program in financial ...