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David Wessels, PhD

Adjunct Professor of Finance, The Wharton School

About David

Named by BusinessWeek as one of the nation’s top business school instructors, David focuses on how companies grow organically using strategic pivots, how they prioritize strategic initiatives, and how they measure and manage financial performance. He has taught and consulted for many clients including BP, Coca-Cola, Deloitte, Estee Lauder, Goldman Sachs, Google, McKinsey, Philips, and others. David’s book, Valuation: Measuring and Managing the Value of Companies, is a standard text for corporate valuation and performance management.

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