Private Equity Fellows Program Info Session

Michael Ewens

Professor

Columbia Business School

https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelewens/

Michael Ewens is the David L. and Elsie M. Dodd Professor of Finance and co-director of the Private Equity Program.  He is also a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Associate Editor of the Journal of Financial Economics, Associate Editor at the Review of Financial Studies, Assoicate Editor at Management Science, Associate Editor at the Journal of Corporate Finance, and co-editor of the Journal of Economics & Management Strategy. He received a Ph.D. in economics from the University of California, San Diego. Since 2006 he has been a quantitative advisor for Correlation Ventures, a quantitative-focused venture capital firm.  His research has appeared in the Economist, Bloomberg, and the New York Times. Prof. Ewens has taught venture capital and private equity finance at Columbia Business School, California Institute of Technology, Wharton School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University, and the University of California San Diego. From 2010 to 2014, he was on the faculty at the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University, and from 2014 to 2022, he was on the faculty at the California Institute of Technology. He co-organizes the Columbia Private Equity Conference and the virtual Workshop on Entrepreneurial Finance and Innovation.

Greta Larson

Columbia Business School

https://www.linkedin.com/in/gretalarson/

Greta E. Larson is  Senior Director of the Private Equity Program at Columbia Business School. She interfaces with alumni, industry professionals, and students who are working in, or aspire to work in the field of private equity. Greta works closely with the PE Fellows Program and the KKR Competition for MBA students, and plans and facilitates the program's annual Deal Camp in Montauk.



Aside from her role at the Private Equity Program, Greta is a success coach for executives who are part of Columbia's VC PE program with Emeritus.

Prior to joining the Business School in October 2008, Greta worked at University of California, Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco. She holds a B.A. in Music from San Francisco State University and a Masters of Public Administration degree from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs.