Jin Zhao

Dr. Jin is an Assistant Professor of Finance at the Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business. He received his PhD in Finance from Simon Business School, the University of Rochester. His research projects in the areas of entrepreneurship, artificial intelligence, venture capital, and M&As were awarded the 2018 Kauffman Knowledge Challenge Grant. His research about AI was covered in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and Tencent News.

Research Areas

• Venture Capital and Private Equity
• M&A
• Entrepreneurship and Innovation
• Artificial Intelligence

Education

• PhD in Finance June 2020
  Simon Business School, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
• Bachelor of Science, Mathematics with an Emphasis on Statistics May 2015
  College of Science, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
• Honors Bachelor of Science, Finance with a Minor in Economics May 2015
  David Eccles School of Business, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

Teaching Experience

Simon Business School, University of Rochester

• Instructor
  • Probability Theory (PhD math camp) 2018 - 2019
  • Lab Instructor for Investment (Master) 2017 - 2019
• Teaching Assistant
  • Corporate Finance (Master) by Professor Michael Gofman 2018 - 2019
  • Financial Economics (Master) by Professor Olga Itenberg 2018
  • Risk Management (Master) by Professor Shiming Fu 2017
  • Fixed Income (Master) by Professor Robert Ready 2017
  • Investment (Master) by Professor Dmitry Orlov 2016

David Eccles School of Business, University of Utah

• Teaching Assistant
  • Statistics (Undergraduate) by Professor Tariq Mughal 2012 - 2015
• Corporate Finance (Undergraduate) by Professor Yihui Pan 2013 - 2014

Research Grants and Awards

• Kauffman Knowledge Challenge Grant ($10,500), 2018 – 2019
• Simon Business School PhD Fellowship, 2015 – 2019
• D. Keith Reed Memorial Scholarship, 2014

Working Papers

• How do Large Companies Affect Entrepreneurial Entry: Evidence From Amazon’s HQ2 Search
• Artificial Intelligence, Human Capital, and Innovation (with Michael Gofman)
• Do PE Buyouts Affect Innovation of the Targets’ Industry Rivals?