معرفی
Ezgi Ottolenghi is an Assistant Professor of Finance and Assistant Director of the Excellence in Banking Program at the Rawls College of Business, Texas Tech University. She also serves as Faculty Director for Outreach and Engagement. Her research focuses on empirical corporate finance, particularly investigating financial outcomes of ownership structures in public companies, including family firms, dual-class shares, and co-founder dynamics.
Education:
- PhD in Finance, Temple University (2017)
- MBA in Finance, Drexel University
- BS in Business Administration, Bilkent University (Turkey)
Research Interests:
Ezgi’s work explores how ownership structures—such as family control, dual-class shares, and co-founder dynamics—affect corporate financial outcomes. She analyzes minority investor returns, corporate governance practices, and strategic financing decisions in family firms and entrepreneurial contexts. Her research bridges empirical finance with real-world corporate governance challenges.
Articles:
Her recent work focuses on dual-class share structures, family firm behavior, and control risk premiums. Key themes include investor returns under non-standard ownership models, acquisition strategies of family firms, and dynamics among co-founders. Her 2024 study on control risk premiums highlights how ownership concentration impacts minority shareholders.
Advising & Grants:
No formal advising or grant information is listed here. Her professional experience includes roles in commercial banking, including as a Vice President at Wells Fargo, where she focused on credit analysis.
Labs/Teams: None explicitly mentioned, though her role in the Excellence in Banking Program suggests involvement in industry-academia collaboration initiatives.
