Morten Sorensen

Education

Ph.D., economics, Stanford University; M.Sc., economics, Aarhus University

Summary of Experience

Professor Sorensen specializes in private equity, venture capital, entrepreneurial finance, and the characteristics of executives. His research has investigated the risks, returns, and illiquidity inherent in venture capital, private equity, and other alternative investments; the effects of private equity and venture capital investments on individual companies and industries; and the role of management in venture capital and buyout deals. Professor Sorensen has served as an expert in litigation involving mortgage lenders, institutional investors, private companies, and private equity firms. His work has been featured in media outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, the Financial Times, Businessweek, Harvard Business Review, and Bloomberg. Professor Sorensen is a research associate with the National Bureau of Economic Research, and has been a research fellow at the Institute for Private Capital, the Centre for Economic Policy Research, and the Danish Finance Institute, where he also served as a board member and executive director. He has presented and been a discussant at dozens of academic conferences. Prior to joining the Tuck School, Professor Sorensen taught courses on entrepreneurial finance and private equity at Columbia Business School and Copenhagen Business School, as well as corporate finance at The University of Chicago. He was also previously the academic director of the Private Equity Program at Columbia Business School.