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Bio
Glenn A. Okun is Clinical Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship and an Adjunct Professor of Finance at New York University Stern School of Business where he teaches courses in entrepreneurship, private equity, venture capital, investment management and corporate finance. He has received numerous teaching awards for his work in full time, part time and executive MBA programs.
Mr. Okun advises corporations on financial and investment matters. He serves as an expert witness in securities litigation as well as matters relating to investment banking, investment management, venture capital, private equity and mergers and acquisitions.
Professor Okun was President of Mitchum, Jones & Templeton, a merchant bank and broker dealer headquartered in San Francisco, California from 1998 to 2001. He previously served as a Director of Allen & Company Incorporated in New York. Mr. Okun invested in early and later stage financings of private companies in various industries. He also ran a small cap emerging growth stock hedge fund and a special situations portfolio. Mr. Okun has advised corporate clients on mergers, acquisitions and restructurings and has underwritten public offerings and private placements of securities. Mr. Okun began his investment career at the IBM Retirement Fund where he invested in mezzanine private placements, real estate, public emerging growth equities and oil and gas assets.
Mr. Okun holds JD and MBA degrees from the joint degree program of Harvard University and a BA degree from Wesleyan University. He is a Clee Scholar and a member of Phi Beta Kappa, the CFA Institute and the New York Society of Security Analysts.