Glenn A. Okun

Biography

Glenn A. Okun is a Clinical Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship at New York University Stern School of Business where he teaches courses in entrepreneurship, private equity, venture capital, corporate finance and investment management. He advises corporations on financial and investment matters. Professor Okun was President of Mitchum, Jones & Templeton, a merchant bank and broker dealer headquartered in San Francisco, California from 1998 to 2001. He previously served as a Director of Allen & Company Incorporated in New York. Professor Okun invested in early and later stage financings of private companies in various industries. He also ran a small capitalization emerging growth stock hedge fund and a special situations portfolio. Professor Okun has advised corporate clients on mergers, acquisitions and restructurings and has underwritten public offerings and private placements of securities. He began his investment career at the IBM Retirement Fund where he invested in mezzanine private placements, real estate, public emerging growth equities and oil and gas assets. He holds J.D. and M.B.A. degrees from Harvard University and a BA degree from Wesleyan University.

Courses Taught

• Business Start-Up Practicum
• Corporate Venturing
• Entrepreneurial Finance
• Foundations of Entrepreneurship
• Managing the Growing Company
• Patterns of Entrepreneurship
• Technology and Innovation
• Venture Capital Financing

Academic Background

J.D., 1989
Harvard Law School

M.B.A., 1989
Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration

B.A., Government, 1984
Wesleyan University

Awards & Appointments

	NYU Stern Teaching Excellence Award (Executive MBA Program)	2023
	NYU Stern Teaching Excellence Award (Executive MBA Program)	2021
	NYU Stern Teaching Excellence Award (Executive MBA Program)	2019
	NYU Stern Teaching Excellence Award (Executive MBA Program)	2018
	NYU Stern Professor of the year (voted by MBA program students)	2017
	NYU Stern Teaching Excellence Award (Executive MBA Program)	2017
	NYU Stern Teaching Excellence Award (Executive MBA Program)	2016
	NYU Stern Teaching Excellence Award (Executive MBA Program)	2015
	NYU Stern Teaching Excellence Award (Executive MBA Program)	2014
	NYU Stern Teaching Excellence Award (Executive MBA Program)	2013
	NYU Stern Professor of the year (voted by MBA program students)	2013
	NYU Stern Teaching Excellence Award (Executive MBA Program)	2011
	NYU Stern Teaching Excellence Award (as voted by the faculty)	2009
	NYU Stern Teaching Excellence Award (Executive MBA Program)	2008
	NYU Stern Teaching Excellence Award (Executive MBA Program)	2007
	NYU Stern Teaching Excellence Award (Executive MBA Program)	2006
	NYU Stern Teaching Excellence Award (Executive MBA Program)	2005
	NYU Stern Teaching Excellence Award (Executive MBA Program)	2004
	NYU Stern Teaching Excellence Award (Executive MBA Program)	2003