Luis Pereiro

Luis E. Pereiro is Tenured Professor of Innovation Finance and Strategy at Universidad Torcuato Di Tella (Argentina), Adjunct Professor of International Finance at Duke’s Fuqua School of Business, and Professor of Science and Technology Financing at Leiden University (The Netherlands). He taught Entrepreneurship, Corporate and Entrepreneurial Finance at HEC Paris School of Management (Paris) for 18 years. He also held the Eleanor F. and Philip G. Rust Endowed Chair of Visiting Professor of Business Administration (Business Strategy) at the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Virginia, from 2004 to 2009.

He has lectured extensively at MBA, EMBA and MFA programs of HEC School of Management (Paris), Frankfurt School of Finance and Management (Frankfurt), EMLyon Business School (Lyon), Darden Business School (Charlottesville), University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill), Arizona State University (Phoenix), Universiteit Leiden (Leiden), Universidade Catolica Portuguesa (Lisbon), UFRJ-COPPEAD (Rio), Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez (Santiago), ESAN (Lima), St. Petersburg State University (Russia) and Zhejiang University (Huangzhou).

His research has been published in Journal of Portfolio Management, Journal of Investing, Venture Capital, Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Journal of Private Equity, Emerging Markets Review, Journal of Corporate Accounting and Finance, and Journal of Multinational Financial Management. His book Valuation of Companies in Emerging Markets (Wiley) is a standard among investment bankers, venture capitalists, and corporate finance specialists around the world.

Research Topics

• Venture Capital and International Entrepreneurial Finance
• Financing of Science- and Technology-Based Ventures
• Valuation and Negotiation of M&A
• Emerging Markets Finance

Books and Book Chapters

• Valuation of Companies in Emerging Markets: A Practical Approach, New York:John Wiley & Sons, Wiley Finance Series, August 2002.
• Angel Investing in Argentina: An Overview, in: Rodriguez, P., O’Halloran, E., Vergara, F. and A. Botelho (eds.), State of the Art: An Executive Briefing on Angel Investing in Latin America, Batten Institute, The Darden School, October 2005.

Awards and Distinctions

• All-Stars Teaching Award, Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
• Awarded for teaching excellence in the Day MBA Program, Fall 2002. During his tenure at UNC (2002/2003), he ranked #6 among the 120 professors of the Business School—i.e., within the top 4%.
• Best Professor Award. MBA Program, HEC Paris School of Management, 2013 & 2014.
• Best Professor Award. Executive MBA Program, 2007/2008 academic year, W.P.Carey School of Business,
• Arizona State University.
• Best Professor Award. Executive MBA Program, 2006/2007 Academic Year, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella.
• Best Professor Award. Executive Program in Biotechnology & Business, 2008/2009 Academic Year,
• Universidad Torcuato Di Tella.
• Best Teaching Award. Universidad Torcuato Di Tella. Prize for being one of the top three undergraduate teaching faculty in the whole University (100 professors), second semester, 2005.
• Best Professor Award. MBA Program, Intensive Format. Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, 2012.
• Best Professor Award. Entrepreneurship Track, MBA Program, HEC Paris, 2013 (Grade: 4.96/5.0).
• Best Professor Award. Master in Finance Program. Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, 2013.
• Venture Capital Investment Competition. Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, February 2006. Judge.
• Keynote Speaker from Faculty. Commencement Day, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, October 2000.