- December 22, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
Alex Edmans, professor of finance at London Business School, is the 2021 Poets&Quants MBA Professor of the Year. In his classrooms and public lectures. he often talks about finding passion and purpose in your life and career. (Courtesy photo)
As an assistant professor of finance at The Wharton School, Alex Edmans often left others wondering where he’d pop up next.
There he was skating up and down the ice as captain of one of Wharton’s hockey teams, or walking the runway of an MBA fashion show, or jamming in the Battle of the Bands. He appeared in three Wharton Follies musicals. He donned gloves for the Wharton V. Penn Law Fight Night, boxing in the Blue Horizon boxing ring, made famous by Rocky Balboa himself.
As head coach for DetermiNation Philadelphia, the American Cancer Society’s endurance program, Edmans coached a group of Wharton MBAs through the city’s half and full marathons. After finishing his half, he ran back to the 12-mile…
