Overview
Harvard Management Company invests Harvard University’s endowment and related financial assets to support the university’s teaching and research mission.1
The endowment provides a significant share of annual operating revenue for Harvard schools and programs.1
Investment program
- Estimated AUM
- $56.9B as of Jun 30, 20252
- Capital pool
- university endowment1
- Investment model
- Narvekar was the Managing Director at the University of Pennsylvania Investment Office.3
- Investment approach
- Read More Learn More Long-term Results Since HMC was founded in 1974, annual distributions from the endowment to Harvard University have grown significantly and now account for more than one-third of the University’s annual operating budget.1
- Spending support
- FY2025 financial report states endowment distributions were nearly 40% of operating revenue.1
- Spending policy
- Not listed yet
- Asset allocation
- Public evidence references these asset classes or allocation areas: private equity, venture capital, private credit, fixed income.4
- Performance
- FY2025 endowment return reported at 11.9%.5
- Governance
- We believe that identifying and monitoring environmental, social, and governance factors in our investments aligns with our mission to provide strong, long-term results.1
- Investment team
- GENERALIST ANALYST PROGRAM HMC regularly hires recent college graduates to participate in the Generalist Analyst Program on our investment team.6
- Unfunded commitments
- Not listed yet
- Source freshness
- Last verified Jul 4, 2026 · Verified
Sources
Last verified Jul 4, 2026 from public career and organization materials.
Fact notes
- Website (hmc.harvard.edu)Parent organization overview, Pool purpose, Institution type, Capital pool, Headquarters, Investment approach, Spending support, Governance, Investment office page · checked Jul 3, 2026
- Annual report (finance.harvard.edu)Estimated AUM · checked Jul 3, 2026
- Website (hmc.harvard.edu)Investment model · checked Jul 4, 2026
- Website (hmc.harvard.edu)Asset allocation · checked Jul 4, 2026
- Annual report (hmc.harvard.edu)Investment performance · checked Jul 3, 2026
- Job posting (hmc.harvard.edu)Investment team · checked Jul 4, 2026
Reports and filings
- 56900000000 USD as of 2025-06-30Annual report · checked Jul 3, 2026
- FY2025 endowment return reported at 11.9%.Annual report · checked Jul 3, 2026
Profile and job sources
- Job posting (hmc.harvard.edu)Job posting · checked Jul 4, 2026
- Manual research (hmc.harvard.edu)Manual research · checked Jul 3, 2026
- Website (hmc.harvard.edu)Website · checked Jul 4, 2026
- Website (hmc.harvard.edu)Website · checked Jul 3, 2026
- Website (hmc.harvard.edu)Website · checked Jul 4, 2026
- Website (hmc.harvard.edu)Website · checked Jul 4, 2026
- Primary job/profile sourceJob posting · checked Jul 4, 2026