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Yael Hochberg
Alma mater
Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
Stanford University
OccupationEconomist
EmployerRice University

Yael Hochberg is an American economist known for her research in venture capital, accelerators, corporate governance, compensation policy, and the financing of entrepreneurial activity. She is the Ralph S. O’Connor Professor of Entrepreneurship and a professor of finance at Rice University.

Education

Yael Hochberg graduated from

Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, and she earned both an MA in Economics and a PhD in Finance from Stanford University.[1][2]

Career

Hochberg served on the faculty at

Johnson School of Management at Cornell University before her current positions as the Head of the Entrepreneurship Initiative at Rice University and Academic Director of the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship.[1][3] (Note that Rice University is consistently recognized as having one of the top graduate entrepreneurship programs in the nation.)[4] Hochberg simultaneously holds a Research Affiliate position at the MIT Sloan School of Management, where she was previously a visiting faculty member.[1] She is also currently a visiting faculty member at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.[5]

Outside of university academics, Hochberg is a Research Associate at the

startup community.[9]

Hochberg has been publicly recognized for her achievements in academia. For example,

Poets & Quants named Hochberg as one of the world's 40 under 40 best business school professors in 2015.[10] She also received the Ewing Marion Kauffman Prize Medal for Distinguished Research in Entrepreneurship in 2016.[11]

Selected Publications

Hochberg has contributed to many publications including:

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Yael Hochberg". Rice Business. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Profile: Yael Hochberg". National Bureau of Economic Research. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Yael V. Hochberg". Northwestern Kellogg. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  4. ^ Franklin, Avery. "Rice Business No. 1 for entrepreneurship, No. 5 for online MBA". Rice University. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Yael V. Hochberg". Becker Friedman Institute for Economics at the University of Chicago. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  6. ^ "2018 Annual Report" (PDF). Journal of Banking and Finance: 2. February 26, 2019. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  7. ^ "Seed Accelerator Rankings Project". Wellfound. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  8. ^ "Study Reveals the 30 Best U.S. Accelerator Programs 2017 - Silicon Valley's AngelPad & Y-Combinator Top the List". PR.com. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  9. ^ LeVota, Meghan (20 March 2017). "Kauffman honoree examines impact of accelerators on an ecosystem". Startland News. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  10. ^ Carter, Andrea (16 April 2015). "2015 Best 40 Under 40 Professors: Yael Hochberg, Rice University Jones School". Poets & Quants. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  11. ^ "The Ewing Marion Kauffman Prize Medal for Distinguished Research in Entrepreneurship". Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. Retrieved 19 May 2023.



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