Peter DeMarzo will serve as dean of the Stanford Graduate School of Business on an interim basis starting August 1 as the search for Jonathan Levin's successor begins. On that day, Levin becomes president of the university.stanford photos
The Dean's Office at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business is transitioning from economics to finance. As Jonathan Levin, professor of economics and dean of GSB since 2016, prepares to become president in August, the B-School has appointed longtime finance professor Peter DeMarzo as his interim replacement. Nominated.
Mr. DeMarzo, the John G. McDonald Professor of Finance at Stanford University who has taught at the B-School for more than a quarter of a century, will become dean on Aug. 1 and will hold the position until a permanent successor to Mr. Levine is named. Stay in your job.
“Peter will provide important continuity for the school during this transition period, and we are grateful to him for his willingness to take on this responsibility,” said Stanford University President Jenny Martinez. said in a news release.
DeMarzo teaches corporate finance and financial modeling
DeMarzo received his Ph.D. He earned his research master's degree in operations from Stanford University in the 1980s. In his 1990s he taught at this school for two years and then returned permanently in 2000. He teaches his MBA and Ph.D. Courses in corporate finance and financial modeling. He also founded and serves as faculty co-director of the Stanford LEAD Online Business Program.
Prior to joining Stanford University, Mr. DeMarzo was a faculty member at the Haas School of Management at the University of California, Berkeley and the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. He was also a National Fellow of the Hoover Institution.
Mr. DeMarzo's research interests are in the areas of corporate finance, asset securitization, financial contracts, and regulation. According to his online bio, “He is a co-author of the following books: Corporate Finance and the Fundamentals of Corporate Finance” and “served as president of the Western Finance Association and the American Finance Association. He is a fellow of the Econometric Society and the American Finance Association, and a fellow of the National Bureau of Economic Research.”
Levin looks to 'Stanford's future'
Stanford University announced on April 4 that Levin, who has served as dean of the School of Business since 2016, will become president on August 1.
Selected as Dean of the Year by poet and poetry Although he was recognized in 2022 for bringing stability to a scandal-plagued school, Levin's more important accomplishments include putting Stanford ahead of all business schools on diversity and inclusion; These include the GSB becoming the first major body to publish an annual report. Progress in its diversity.
“I am excited to look to the future of Stanford University and strengthen our commitment to academic excellence and freedom. To foster principles of openness, curiosity, and mutual respect, and to foster the principles of openness, curiosity, and mutual respect so that faculty and students can deepen their knowledge and To teach them to seek to contribute to the world in a meaningful way,” Levin, 51, said in a statement in April.
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