Aswath Damodaran (born 24 September 1957), is an Indian-American Professor of Finance at the

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(Kerschner Family Chair in Finance Education). He is well known as the author of several widely used academic and practitioner texts on valuation,

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and

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; as well as a provider of comprehensive data for valuation purposes.

Background

Damodaran has been a professor at New York University's Stern School of Business, since 1986, focusing on

and equity valuation. He is on the faculty of the TRIUM Global Executive MBA Program, an alliance of NYU Stern, the

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and HEC School of Management. Other teaching includes the "Valuation" program for Stern Executive Education as well as the "Advanced Valuation" and "Corporate Finance" online certificates at NYU Stern. From 1984 to 1986 he was a visiting lecturer at the

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. He was born in Chennai, India. He holds an

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and

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in finance from

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, along with a B.Com. in

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from Loyola College and a

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(equivalent to an

) from the

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.Aswath Damodaran IIM Bangalore

Works

As above, Professor Damodaran has written several books on equity valuation, as well as on

and investments. *''Damodaran on Valuation: Security Analysis for Investment and Corporate Finance'' (1994) *'' Investment Valuation: Tools and Techniques for Determining the Value of Any Asset'' (1995; 3rd Edition 2012) *''Corporate Finance: Theory and Practice'' (1996) *''Applied Corporate Finance: A User's Manual'' (1998; 4th Edition 2014 ) *''The Dark Side of Valuation: Valuing Old Tech, New Tech, and New Economy Companies '' (2001; 2nd Edition 2009) *''Investment Philosophies: Successful Strategies and the Investors Who Made Them Work '' (2003) *''Investment Fables: Exposing the Myths of "Can't Miss" Investment Strategies'' (2004) *''Strategic Risk Taking: A Framework For Risk Management'' (2007) *''The Little Book of Valuation: How to Value a Company, Pick a Stock and Profit'' (2011) *''Narrative and Numbers: The Value of Stories in Business'' (2017) *''The Corporate Life Cycle: Managing, Valuation and Investing Implications'' (2024)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Damodaran, Aswath Living people American economics writers American male writers of Indian descent American finance and investment writers American textbook writers Corporate finance theorists UCLA Anderson School of Management alumni Indian Institute of Management Bangalore alumni New York University Stern School of Business faculty Indian academics Indian emigrants to the United States University of Madras alumni American academics of Indian descent American male non-fiction writers 1957 births Indian scholars

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