Steve Kaplan, Columnist

Persistence Is Best Predictor of CEO Success: Steven N. Kaplan

October 26, 2011 at 7:00 PM UTC

Kaplan also is faculty director of Booth’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship. His papers on LBOs and private equity are the standard references in the field, and he has testified before House and Senate committees about his research. He is a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and an associate editor of the Journal of Finance and the Journal of Financial Economics. He serves on the board of directors of Accretive Health, Columbia Acorn Funds, Morningstar and the Parking Spot.

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