Josh Lerner

Josh Lerner is the Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking at Harvard Business School, where he also heads the Entrepreneurial Management Unit. He is one of the world's foremost authorities on venture capital and private equity, best known for decades of research conducted with HBS colleague Paul Gompers examining the full venture capital cycle — fundraising, investment, and exits. Lerner also founded the Private Capital Research Institute, a nonprofit dedicated to expanding data access and independent research on private capital markets.