Alexander Ljungqvist

Alexander Ljungqvist holds the Ira Rennert Chair in Finance and Entrepreneurship at New York University Stern School of Business, where he is the Director of Salomon Center. He is a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, a Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research in London, a Founder and Senior Academic Fellow of the Asian Bureau of Financial and Economic Research in Singapore, and a Fellow of the Research Institute of Industrial Economics in Stockholm (IFN). He has previously served as Editor of the Review of Financial Studies, a leading scholarly journal.

Professor Ljungqvist’s research interests include corporate finance, corporate governance, investment banking, IPOs, entrepreneurial finance, private equity, venture capital, and asset pricing. He has published articles in these areas in all leading scholarly journals, including the Journal of Political Economy, the Journal of Finance, the Review of Financial Studies, and the Journal of Financial Economics. In 2011, he was honored with the Kauffman Prize Medal. The recipient of several teaching awards, Dr. Ljungqvist teaches an MBA class in new venture financing, a PhD seminar in corporate finance, and executive courses in venture capital, private equity, and investment banking. He has previously taught at Harvard Business School, Oxford University, Cambridge University, and London Business School. Currently, Dr. Ljungqvist serves on the Nasdaq Listing Council, the board of a European biotech start-up, and the World Economic Forum’s Council of Experts on Alternative Investments.

Professor Ljungqvist received his Master of Science in economics and business from Lund University in Sweden, and his Master of Arts, Master of Philosophy, and Doctor of Philosophy in economics from Nuffield College at Oxford University.

Education

• Master of Philosophy (MPhil) University of Oxford (1992 — 1994)
• Master of Science (MSc) Lund University (1989 — 1992)
• Abitur Wilhelm Gymnasium

Companies

• Chairman, Risk and Audit Committee Sjätte AP Fonden (Sixth Swedish National Pension Fund) (2020)
• Member of the Board of Directors Stockholm School of Economics (2018)
• Member of the Board of Directors Sjätte AP Fonden (Sixth Swedish National Pension Fund) (2018)
• Founder Nordic Economics Consulting AB (2018)
• Stefan Persson Family Professor in Entrepreneurial Finance Stockholm School of Economics (2018)
• Senior Academic Fellow Asian Bureau of Finance and Economic Research (2013)
• Research Fellow Research Institute of Industrial Economics / Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (2012)
• Research Fellow Centre for Economic Policy Research (2005)
• Member of the Audit Committee Sjätte AP Fonden (Sixth Swedish National Pension Fund) (2018 — 2020)