J. Chris Leach

J. Chris Leach, Ph.D. is a Professor of Finance and Deming Professor of Entrepreneurship. He has taught undergraduates, MBAs and executives at the Wharton School, Carnegie Mellon, and the Indian School of Business. Leach is the co-author of the best-selling textbook Entrepreneurial Finance, 7th edition, that applies tools and techniques of corporate finance to the entrepreneurial venture.

Educational Background:

• PhD (Finance), Cornell University, 1988
• MS, (Management – Economics), Cornell University, 1986
• MBA., (Finance Concentration), University of New Mexico, 1985 Summa Cum Laude
• BS, (Computer Science), Oral Roberts University, 1981 Summa Cum Laude

Teaching Interests

• Corporate and venture financing
• Derivative securities markets

Honors

• Faculty Associate, Burridge Center for Securities Analysis and Valuation
• Trefftzs Award for Outstanding Research, Western Finance Association
• American Association for Individual Investors Doctoral Dissertation
• Award, AAII and the Financial Management Association
• Graduate Professor of the Year, University of Colorado
• MBA Teaching Excellence Award, University of Colorado

Companies

• Robert H. and Beverly A. Deming Professor in Entrepreneurship Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado Boulder (2004)
• Professor of Finance Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado Boulder (1994)
• Senior Associate Dean for Faculty and Research Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado Boulder (2011 — 2016)
• Visiting Professor Indian School of Business (2005 — 2014)
• Hans Dalborg Visiting Professor Stockholm Institute for Financial Research (2003 — 2004)
• Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette Term Assistant Professor of Finance Wharton Business School (1988 — 1994)
• Visiting Assistant Professor Carnegie Mellon Tepper School of Business (1991 — 1992)