Keith Burns

Keith Burns serves as an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, teaching Entrepreneurship through Acquisition for Autumn 2024 and Spring 2026 quarters. He concurrently holds executive roles as Co-Chairman and CEO of Lullwater & Co. (a private investment firm) and Co-Executive Chairman of Apex Physics Partners (the largest U.S. medical physics services company).

His educational background includes:

• BBA from Emory University
• MS in Real Estate Development from Columbia University
• JD from Columbia Law School

Professor Burns specializes in practical entrepreneurship through search funds and acquisition strategies, drawing from his founding of Seneca Creek Partners LLC—which executed 15 add-on acquisitions and delivered a successful investor exit in 2019. His research bridges private investment, long-term company building, and corporate compliance frameworks.

He actively contributes to industry through board memberships at PalCare and AQC Traffic Control, and serves on the Executive Committee of Oxford College of Emory University's Board of Counselors.