Richard Ruback Biography

Richard S. Ruback is a professor of corporate finance at Harvard Business School, holding the Willard Prescott Smith Chair. He specializes in applied corporate finance, focusing on corporate control transactions and valuation. Ruback's research interests are reflected in his courses, including a second-year case course titled "The Financial Management of Smaller Firms" and a field course called "Entrepreneurship through Acquisition," which he co-developed with Royce Yudkoff. Ruback earned his Ph.D. in business administration from the University of Rochester in 1980. He taught at MIT's Sloan School before joining Harvard as a visiting professor in 1987. He became a full professor in 1989 and has since authored numerous corporate finance and valuation articles. Ruback has consulted for corporations on corporate finance issues, advised outside directors independently, and served as an expert witness on valuation and security issues. Additionally, he has served as an editor for the Journal of Financial Economics.

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