It’s with nice unhappiness that we mark the latest passing of former AIER Chairman of the Board of Trustees and longstanding Voting Member, Gregory (Gregg) M. van Kipnis on the night of Saturday, November 8, 2025, in New York.
A scholar of the Austrian economist Ludwig von Mises at New York College the place he obtained his MBA in economics and finance, Gregg had a protracted and distinguished profession in finance, enterprise, and banking. Amongst many different positions, he served as President and CEO of Invictus Companions; Government Vice President at Jefferies & Co.; Managing Director of NatWest Monetary Merchandise in London; and a Principal at Morgan Stanley. In his early profession, Gregg was an economist and analysis director at Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette, in addition to the IBM Company. Most not too long ago, Gregg was a Common Companion after which advisor to the Tiedemann Funding Group. He was additionally a member of the boards of administrators of a number of monetary companies.
All through his life, and as an indication of his dedication to a society of free and accountable individuals, Gregg was concerned in a number of philanthropic actions {and professional} associations. Moreover, Gregg taught programs in subjects starting from capital markets, microeconomics, and company finance at Spring Hill Faculty, the College of South Alabama, and American College. Gregg additionally served as a captain in america Air Pressure from 1968-1971, which included time on the Pentagon.
A longtime supporter of AIER and its mission, Gregg grew to become Chairman of the Board of Trustees in 2016 and remained in that place by means of 2024. He was additionally Chairman of the Board of Administrators of American Funding Providers (AIS), an SEC Registered Funding Adviser based in 1978 and wholly owned by AIER.
In all these governance capacities, Gregg made substantial and lasting contributions to AIER’s progress and vitality, for which he sought no acknowledgment, and which performed an indispensable position in establishing AIER as one in all America’s main classical liberal and free market establishments. For all these items in addition to his counsel and steerage, the Board of Trustees and employees of AIER and AIS are deeply grateful.
In forthcoming weeks, there can be remembrances of Gregory M. van Kipnis by individuals who knew him properly. However on behalf of AIER, we prolong our deepest condolences to his beloved spouse, Theresa (Terry), his daughters, and his prolonged household.
Terry W. Anker, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, AIER
Samuel Gregg, President (Interim), AIER
