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David Wessels

Adjunct Professor of Finance
Areas of Expertise:
  • Finance
About
 
 

Biography

David Wessels (Ph.D. '00) is an adjunct professor of finance and a director of executive education in the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Wessels teaches courses on corporate valuation, venture capital and performance management to undergraduates and MBAs in Philadelphia and San Francisco, along with global executive audiences.

Wessels has been recognized by his students with Wharton's MBA excellence in teaching award, and has been acknowledged nationally for his research on organizational structure and financial performance. His co-authored book, Valuation: Measuring and Managing the Value of Companies, is accepted as the seminal text for students of corporate valuation and investment banking.

Wessels has served on the executive development and training faculties at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Coca-Cola, Ericsson, Estee Lauder, Home Depot, Lockheed Martin, McKinsey & Company, Microsoft, Philips, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Siemens and UPS.

Before joining the Wharton School, Wessels served on finance faculty of the Goizueta Business School at Emory University. Prior to Emory, he was a management consultant with McKinsey & Company and a technology analyst for Harbourvest Venture Partners in Boston.

 

Education

Ph.D. Finance, UCLA Anderson School of Management

B.S. Economics, University of Pennsylvania

B.S. Computer Science, University of Pennsylvania

 

Awards

Excellence in Teaching Award, WEMBA San Francisco, 2017

William G. Whitney Award for Outstanding Teaching in the Affiliated Faculty, 2016

William G. Whitney Award for Outstanding Teaching in the Affiliated Faculty, 2015

William G. Whitney Award for Outstanding Teaching in the Affiliated Faculty, 2013

Excellence in Teaching Award, Full-time MBA Program, 2013

Excellence in Teaching Award, Full-time MBA Program, 2012

William G. Whitney Award for Outstanding Teaching in the Affiliated Faculty, 2012

Excellence in Teaching Award, WEMBA San Francisco, 2011

Excellence in Teaching Award, Full-time MBA Program, 2010

Excellence in Teaching Award, WEMBA San Francisco, 2009

Excellence in Teaching Award, Full-time MBA Program, 2006

Excellence in Teaching Award, WEMBA San Francisco, 2004