Harold Vogel

Harold (Hal) L. Vogel, PhD, CFA, was the senior entertainment and media analyst at Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. and has taught at the Columbia Business School in New York and the Cass Business School in London. His books include Entertainment Industry Economics: A Guide for Financial Analysis, 10th ed., Cambridge University Press, 2020; Travel Industry Economics: A Guide for Financial Analysis, 4th edition, Springer, 2021, and Financial Market Bubbles and Crashes: Features, Causes, and Effects, 3rd ed., Palgrave Macmillan 2022. He frequently writes and speaks on investment topics related to entertainment and media, leisure, travel, and extreme market events and currently heads an independent investment and consulting firm in New York City.

Companies

• CEO Vogel Capital Management (1999)
• Adjunct Professor, Finance & Economics Columbia University Graduate School of Business (2009 — 2010)
• Visiting Adjunct Professor Cass Business School (2009 — 2009)
• Senior Analyst, First VP Merrill Lynch & Co (1977 — 1994)

Education

• Ph.D University of London (2003 — 2007)
• M.A. New York University (1971 — 1976)
• M.B.A. Columbia Business School (1968 — 1969)
• B.S. City College of New York (1963 — 1968)
• Stuyvesant HS (1960 — 1963)