Steve Kaplan | Fireside Chat about Private Equity and Financial Markets

NDSU's Challey Institute invites you to join us for a fireside chat with Steve Kaplan about Private Equity and Financial Markets on Wednesday, April 30. This event is free and open to all members of the NDSU community and the public.
The talk will begin at 3 p.m., in the Louise Auditorium in Barry Hall, followed by a Financial Markets Day panel discussion and audience Q&A. All are invited to stay for a reception with hors d'oeuvres and refreshments at 5:00 p.m.

Who is Steve Kaplan?

Steven N. Kaplan is the Neubauer Family Distinguished Service Professor of Entrepreneurship and Finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and the Thomas Cole Distinguished Visiting Professor Chair at the University of Chicago Law School. Professor Kaplan is also the Kessenich E.P. Faculty Director of the University of Chicago’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.

Research
Professor Kaplan researches private equity, venture capital, corporate governance and executive talent. He was elected to the Society of Fellows of the American Finance Association in recognition of distinguished contributions to the field of finance. He is the co-creator of the Kaplan-Schoar PME (Public Market Equivalent) private equity benchmarking approach. A Fortune Magazine article referred to him as "probably the foremost private equity scholar in the galaxy.” A JP Morgan report called him “the patron saint of private equity research.” He is the co-author (with Paul Gompers) of An Advanced
Introduction to Private Equity. His findings and opinions appear regularly in the business media. Professor Kaplan is a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research.

Teaching
Professor Kaplan teaches advanced MBA, law and executive courses in entrepreneurial finance and private equity, corporate financial management, corporate governance, and wealth management. His course in entrepreneurial finance and private equity is consistently among the most popular in the school. BusinessWeek named him one of the top twelve business school teachers in the country and one of the top four teachers of entrepreneurship.

Professor Kaplan co-founded the entrepreneurship program at Booth. With his students, he helped start Booth’s business plan competition, the New Venture Challenge (NVC), which has spawned over two hundred companies. The companies have raised over $1 billion from investors (including Accel, Andreesen Horowitz, Benchmark, Index and Sequoia) and have created over $8 billion in market value. Companies include GrubHub, Braintree/Venmo, Ben & Frank, MedSpeed, Open Water, Simple Mills and Tovala. The NVC has been rated one of the top two university accelerator programs in the U.S. as well as one of the top eight accelerators of any kind in the U.S. He helped start Hyde Park Angels which has been named one of the top angel groups in the U.S.

Professor Kaplan has been awarded the Phoenix Award four times and the Arthur Kelly Prize twice for exhibiting exceptional dedication to his students outside of the classroom.

Non-academic
Professor Kaplan serves on the board of Morningstar (MORN). He co-created the Lincoln Middle Market Index. He also serves on the advisory boards of several private equity and venture capital funds.

Education
Professor Kaplan earned his PhD in Business Economics from Harvard University. He received his AB, summa cum laude, in Applied Mathematics and Economics from Harvard College.

How do I attend?
Steve Kaplan will speak in the Louise Auditorium at NDSU's Barry Hall. All are invited to join us for the conversation with him at 3:00 p.m., followed by a reception with hors d'oeuvres and refreshments at 5:00 p.m. Parking is available in the Elim lot (map) and guests to campus may request free parking passes at the check-in table.

If you are unable to join us in person, register on Zoom at: https://ndsu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1a3lGvHeSDWBMziHVTHzVg

About the Series
The Menard Family Distinguished Speaker Series hosts world thought leaders to share their ideas with the NDSU community on big questions that explore ways to improve the human condition and create economic opportunity. The Distinguished Speaker Series is sponsored by the Challey Institute thanks to a generous gift by the Menard Family.

Host or Publisher Challey Institute for Innovation and Growth