Aswath Damodaran

Some Lesser Known Facts About Aswath Damodaran

• After his postgraduation, he moved to the United States to study MBA at UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) but returned to India for a second master’s degree as he had completed only 15 years of education, whereas the US universities required 16.

• Initially, in 1979 he wanted to work at a consulting firm and by 1981, he wanted to work at an investment bank.

• Weeks before working at an investment bank, he decided to become a TA (Teaching Assistant) for an accounting class due to a lack of funds.

• In an interview, he revealed that within 15 minutes of teaching for the first time, he decided to become a teacher and applied for the PhD program at the university.

• He has served as a professor at New York University (NYU) Stern School of Business, United States since September 1986.

• He was a visiting lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley, from 1984 to 1986.

• He has authored several books including ‘Damodaran on Valuation: Security Analysis for Investment and Corporate Finance’ (1995), ‘Applied Corporate Finance: A User’s Manual’ (1998), ‘Dark Side of Valuation: The Valuing Young, Distressed, and Complex Businesses’ (2009).

  

• He is on the faculty of the TRIUM Global Executive MBA Program, an alliance of NYU Stern, the London School of Economics and the HEC School of Management

• He has published research papers in the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, the Journal of Finance, the Journal of Financial Economics and the Review of Financial Studies.

• He offers free courses in corporate finance, valuation and investment philosophy on his YouTube channel and website, covering the same material he teaches at New York University’s Stern School of Business.