Deadlines
Partners in Business Ethics Symposium
Panelists & Participants
Jim Brau
Jim Brau is the Joel C. Peterson Professor of Finance at the Marriott School and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance. He received his undergraduate training at the United States Military Academy at West Point and served three years as an active duty Airborne Ranger infantry officer in the United States Army and another five years in the Army National Guard and Army Reserves. While in the reserves, Jim earned his PhD from Florida State University in business administration and finance with a support area in econometrics. Jim joined the Marriott School faculty in April 1999 and was honorably discharged as an Army Captain in June 1999. In 2004, Jim earned the Charted Financial Analyst designation and in 2019 he earned the Certified Financial PlannerTM designation.
Jim's research interests include issues pertaining to initial public offerings, entrepreneurial finance, financial education, and real estate. He currently has a scholarship H-Index of 24. He has over 90 academic presentations and published 60 peer-reviewed articles to include articles in the Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Business, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Business Venturing, Journal of Real Estate Economics and Finance, and Journal of Real Estate Research among others. He teaches corporate and entrepreneurial finance to university-wide students at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Along with serving as editor of the Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance, Jim is on the editorial review board of the Journal of Business Venturing. In addition to peer-reviewed articles, Jim has coauthored four textbooks: Principles of Finance: Intuition and Analysis, Financial Analysis and Management (for MBAs), Finance Skills for Managers, and Introduction to Modern Business.
Among his awards are West Point Distinguished Cadet (top 5% of Senior class in academics, physical fitness, and leadership), West Point dean's list all eight semesters, FSU Phi Kappa Phi Outstanding Graduate Scholar Award (Valedictorian), three FSU teaching awards (one college level and two university level), seven BYU teaching awards (five department level and two college level), three BYU research awards (two department level and one college level), three BYU outstanding citizen awards (one department level and two university level), four best-paper awards, 14 lead-articles, and the BYU University Young Scholar Award (university-wide).
Jim consults with firms, NGOs, entrepreneurs, angel investors, and venture capitalists. His consulting focuses on corporate finance/financial management, start-up financing, venture valuation, business plan construction, and harvest strategies. Jim also serves as an expert witness in finance-related lawsuits.
Perhaps his best accomplishment in life was when Jim married Michelle West in 1991 in the Jordan River Temple. They are the proud parents of four adult children, one granddaughter, two grandcats, and a granddog. He currently serves as a first counselor in a YSA bishopric. In his free time, Jim enjoys family activities, bodybuilding, reading, and 1980s country music.
Education
- Certified Financial Planner, Financial Planning, CFP Board, 2019
- Chartered Financial Analyst, Finance, CFA Institute, 2004
- PhD, Finance, Florida State University, 1999
- BS, Geography, United States Military Academy, West Point, 1991