Andrew Karolyi
Charles Field Knight Dean and Harold Bierman, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Management, Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, Cornell University
Andrew Karolyi is a scholar in the area of investment management with a specialization in the study of international financial markets. He has published extensively in finance and economics journals, including the Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, and Review of Financial Studies, and has published several books, including Cracking the Emerging Markets Enigma (2015). He is sought out as a consultant for his expertise by corporations, banks, investment firms, stock exchanges, and law firms.
Karolyi served as executive editor of the Review of Financial Studies and has been an associate editor for dozens of other journals, including the Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, and Review of Finance. He 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), and the William F. Sharpe Award for Scholarship in Finance (2001).
Karolyi is the board chair of Responsible Research in Business and Management and board vide chair of the U.N.’s Principles for Responsible Management Education. He also serves as a global advisory councilor for Accounting for Sustainability. He is a past board director of the American Finance Association, past president of the Western Finance Association, and past chairperson of the board of trustees and past president of the Financial Management Association International.
Karolyi received his BA (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 PhD degrees in finance at the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago.