Cornell Business Forum

Andrew Karolyi is the Charles Field Knight Dean of the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business. He is a Professor of Finance and International Business as well as holder of the Harold Bierman Jr. Distinguished Professorship in the Johnson Graduate School of Management. Dr. Karolyi is also a Professor of Economics in Cornell’s College of Arts and Sciences.

A scholar in the area of investment management, with a specialization in the study of international financial markets, Dr. Karolyi has published extensively in journals in finance and economics, including the Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, and Review of Financial Studies. He has also published several books and monographs, and his research is featured in print and electronic media such as the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, The Economist, Time, New York Times, Washington Post, Forbes, BusinessWeek, and CNBC. Dr. Karolyi recently completed a four-year term as executive editor of the Review of Financial Studies, one of the top-tier journals in finance. He has also served as an associate editor for a variety of journals, including the Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Empirical Finance, Journal of Banking and Finance, Review of Finance, and the Pacific Basin Finance Journal.

Dr. Karolyi is a recipient of the Michael Jensen Prize for Corporate Finance and Organizations (2017), the Fama/DFA Prize for Capital Markets and Asset Pricing (2005), the William F. Sharpe Award for Scholarship in Finance (2001), the Journal of Empirical Finance’s Biennial Best Paper Prize (2006), and Johnson School’s Prize for Excellence in Research (2010). Dr. Karolyi leads various executive education programs in the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Asia, and he is actively involved in consulting with corporations, banks, investment firms, stock exchanges, and law firms. He is president-elect/program chair of the Western Finance Association, has served as a director of the American Finance Association, and is past chairperson of the board of trustees and past president of the Financial Management Association International. Dr. Karolyi received his B.A. (Honors) in Economics from McGill University and worked at the Bank of Canada for several years in its research department. He subsequently earned his MBA and Ph.D. degrees in Finance at the Graduate School of Business of the University of Chicago.

David Einhorn is a 1991 graduate of the Cornell University College of Arts and Sciences, where he was elected to the Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society. He is a founder and president of Greenlight Capital, Inc., a value-oriented investment advisor whose goal is to achieve high absolute rates of return while minimizing the risk of capital loss. Mr. Einhorn is also chairman of the boards of Greenlight Capital Re, Ltd. (NASDAQ:GLRE), and Green Brick Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ:GRBK).

Mr. Einhorn has been a member of the Cornell Board of Trustees since 2015 and currently serves on the Executive Committee, as co-chair of the Committee on Academic Affairs, and as a member of the Committees on Development and Student Life. Formerly, he served on the College of Arts & Sciences Young Alumni Council and on the Class of 1991 Class Council. Outside of Cornell, Mr. Einhorn serves on the boards of the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research; the Robin Hood Foundation, dedicated to fighting poverty in New York City; and City Year, a national program that unites young adults from diverse backgrounds for a year of full-time community service.

Mr. Einhorn is a long-time champion and supporter of community engagement at Cornell, a passion he currently supports through his foundation, Einhorn Collaborative. The foundation works with a wide range of cultural influencers, researchers, community leaders, and funders to address America’s growing crisis of connection. Together, they advance the science and practice of empathy, mutual understanding, and relationship building so we can rediscover our common humanity and solve our nation’s greatest challenges.

Mr. Einhorn’s most recent gift to endow the David M. Einhorn Center for Community Engagement at Cornell will ensure that all undergraduates have a high-quality, community-engaged learning experience before they graduate. By working with communities to tackle difficult problems, Cornellians also become educated global citizens who practice respect and empathy, seek collaboration and cooperation, and embrace differences in all aspects of their lives.