Greg Buchak

Research Interests

• Fintech
• Banking
• Financial Intermediation
• Private Equity
• Law and Finance

Greg Buchak is an Assistant Professor of Finance at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Buchak earned his PhD in Financial Economics at the University Chicago’s Department of Economics and Booth School of Business. He also received a JD from the University of Chicago Law School. Before graduate school, he was a quantitative trader and portfolio manager at Goldman Sachs and the Royal Bank of Canada. He received a BA in Mathematics and a BS in Economics at the University of Pennsylvania.

Buchak’s primary research field is in corporate finance. He is interested in issues related to financial technology, financial intermediation, consumer finance, and the interplay between the evolving industrial organization of the financial sector, regulation, and technological progress.

Academic Degrees

• PhD, Financial Economics, University of Chicago, 2019
• JD, Law, University of Chicago, 2019
• BS, Economics, University of Pennsylvania, 2009
• BA, Mathematics, University of Pennsylvania, 2009

Professional Experience

• Quantitative Portfolio Manager, Goldman Sachs & Co., 2008-2010
• Trader, Royal Bank of Canada, 2010-2012

Awards and Honors

• AQR Top Finance Graduate Award, 2019
• John Leusner Fellowship, 2019
• Douglas Baird Prize in Commercial Law, 2019

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) University of Chicago (2012 — 2019)
• BA University of Pennsylvania (2005 — 2009)
• BS The Wharton School (2005 — 2009)

Companies

• Assistant Professor Stanford University Graduate School of Business (2019)
• PHD Student University of Chicago (2013 — 2019)
• Quantitative Trader RBC Capital Markets (2010 — 2012)
• Quantitative Analyst Goldman Sachs (2009 — 2010)