Aswath Damodaran Height, Age, Wife, Children, Family, Biography

Bio/Wiki
Nickname	The Dean Of Valuation
Profession(s)	• Author • Professor • Teaching Assistant
Physical Stats
Height (approx.)	5'8" (173 cm)
Eye Colour	Dark Brown
Hair Colour	Black
Career
Awards, Honours	• Earl Cheit Outstanding Teaching Award in 1985 • Richard L. Rosenthal Award for Innovation in Investment Management and Corporate Finance • Stern School of Business Excellence in Teaching Award (1988, 1991, 1992, 1999, 2001, 2007 and 2008) • The Distinguished Teaching award from the New York University (NYU) (1990) • Profiled by the Bloomberg Businessweek (previously BusinessWeek) as one of the top twelve business school professors in the United States (1994) • Named as one of the most popular business school professor in the US by the Bloomberg Businessweek poll of MBA students (2011)
Personal Life
Date of Birth	23 September 1957 (Monday)
Age (as of 2024)	67 Years
Birthplace	Chennai, India
Zodiac sign	Virgo
Nationality	• American • Indian
School	Petit Seminaire Higher Secondary School, Pondicherry
College/University	• Loyola College, Chennai • University of Madras, Tamil Nadu (1977) • Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (1977-1979) • UCLA Anderson School of Management, California (1979-1984)
Educational Qualification	• Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Business/Commerce from the Loyola College • Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.) in Accounting from the University of Madras • Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) from the Indian Institute of Management • Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Finance from the UCLA Anderson School of Management • Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Finance from the UCLA Anderson School of Management
Religion	Atheist
Social Media	• Facebook, Facebook • YouTube • Twitter • LinkedIn
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Married
Family
Wife/Spouse	Michele Shobar Damodaran (Teacher)
Children	Son(s)- 3 • Ryan Damodaran • Brendan Damodaran • Kiran Damodaran Daughter- 1 • Kendra Damodaran (Teacher)

Some Lesser Known Facts About Aswath Damodaran

• After his postgraduation, he moved to the United States to study MBA at UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) but returned to India for a second master’s degree as he had completed only 15 years of education, whereas the US universities required 16.

• Initially, in 1979 he wanted to work at a consulting firm and by 1981, he wanted to work at an investment bank.

• Weeks before working at an investment bank, he decided to become a TA (Teaching Assistant) for an accounting class due to a lack of funds.

• In an interview, he revealed that within 15 minutes of teaching for the first time, he decided to become a teacher and applied for the PhD program at the university.

• He has served as a professor at New York University (NYU) Stern School of Business, United States since September 1986.

• He was a visiting lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley, from 1984 to 1986.

• He has authored several books including ‘Damodaran on Valuation: Security Analysis for Investment and Corporate Finance’ (1995), ‘Applied Corporate Finance: A User’s Manual’ (1998), ‘Dark Side of Valuation: The Valuing Young, Distressed, and Complex Businesses’ (2009).
  

  Cover of the book, Applied Corporate Finance: A User’s Manual

• He is on the faculty of the TRIUM Global Executive MBA Program, an alliance of NYU Stern, the London School of Economics and the HEC School of Management

• He has published research papers in the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, the Journal of Finance, the Journal of Financial Economics and the Review of Financial Studies.

• He offers free courses in corporate finance, valuation and investment philosophy on his YouTube channel and website, covering the same material he teaches at New York University’s Stern School of Business.
  

  Aswath Damodaran teaching on his YouTube channel