Aswath Damodaran
Professor Aswath Damodaran is the Kerschner Family Chair Professor of Finance at the Stern School of Business at New York University. He teaches the corporate finance and valuation courses in the MBA and executive programs. He is internationally recognized for his teaching approach, using theory and the models that flow from it to understand, analyze and solve problems. Known as “the Dean of Valuation,” Professor Damodaran has published extensively in academic journals, written many books for practitioners, and remains the world’s foremost expert on the subject of corporate valuation. His research interests lie in valuation, portfolio management and applied corporate finance.
Aswath Damodaran Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Kerschner Family Chair Professor of Finance
Academic History
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Ph.D., Finance
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M.B.A., Finance
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M.S., Management
MORE ABOUT ASWATH DAMODARAN
Professor Damodaran is a global expert in valuation and is called upon regularly by the world media to provide his expert views on global company projections.
His corporate finance and valuation classes are carried online and on iTunes U and his online classes were chosen as one of the top ten MOOCs in the world in 2012.
He was a visiting lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley, from 1984 to 1986, where he received the Earl Cheit Outstanding Teaching Award in 1985.
RECOGNITIONS
2012 BusinessWeek's Most Popular Business School Professor in the U.S.
2012 Poets and Quants' Top Ten Business School Professors
1994 BusinessWeek's Top 12 Business School Professors in the United States
He received the Stern School of Business Excellence in Teaching Award (awarded by the graduating class) in 1988, 1991, 1992, 1999, 2001, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2013.
He was the youngest winner of the University-wide Distinguished Teaching Award in 1990.
He has been the recipient of Giblin, Glucksman, and Heyman Fellowships, a David Margolis Teaching Excellence Fellowship, and the Richard L. Rosenthal Award for Innovation in Investment Management and Corporate Finance.
PUBLICATIONS
Professor Damodaran has published several books on valuation and corporate finance.
He has published in the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, the Journal of Finance, the Journal of Financial Economics and the Review of Financial Studies.
He has published four books on equity valuation (Damodaran on Valuation, Investment Valuation, The Dark Side of Valuation, The Little Book of Valuation) and two on corporate finance (Corporate Finance: Theory and Practice, Applied Corporate Finance: A User’s Manual).
Two books on portfolio management - one on investment philosophies (Investment Philosophies), and one titled Investment Fables.