Haran Segram

Biography

Haran Segram joined New York University Stern School of Business as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Finance in January 2009. He then served as a Clinical Assistant Professor from September 2016 through August 2021. Professor Segram currently holds a position as Adjunct Assistant Professor.

He teaches courses in Investments and Valuation. Professor Segram’s research focuses on the application and economics of AI and Blockchain. He has been interviewed on various finance related topics by ABC News, BBC, Bloomberg, Business Insider, CNBC, China Global Television Network (CGTN), Channel News Asia, Financial Times (FT), Forbes, Knowledge@Wharton, Kurier (Austria), Reuters, and Zacks. He has been quoted in CNBC, New York Times and Yahoo Finance via syndication. Professor Segram is an ad hoc reviewer for Economics and Finance journals.

Professor Segram was a Visiting Assistant Professor of Finance at Columbia Business School, where he taught Valuation and Capital Markets & Investments. He currently holds a position as Adjunct Assistant Professor of Finance at Columbia Business School, where he teaches Corporate Finance and Valuation.

Professor Segram was also the Founder and CEO of Haran Business Valuation Advisors, LLC. This company provided full service Business Valuation Advisory for both Public and Private Companies. The firm worked closely with senior management of the clients focusing on valuation, mergers and acquisitions, strategic partnerships and potential sale of the business.

He has previously worked as a business analyst for a global consulting group and as an investment analyst for a mutual fund.

Professor Segram received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Sydney.

Research Interests

• Artificial Intelligence
• Blockchain
• Business Valuation
• Credit Risk
• Cryptoassets
• Discrete Choice / Probability Modeling

Courses Taught

• Corporate Finance
• Foundations of Finance (Investments)
• Valuation

Academic Background

PhD
The University of Sydney

Awards & Appointments

The Best Paper Award in Economics and Finance	World Business and Social Science Research Conference, Paris, France	2014
Invited by National Public Radio (NPR) to discuss “IPO Investment Climate”
Invited by “Seeking Alpha” to contribute a thought piece for over 4 million investors
Invited to conduct a “Valuation Bootcamp” by Langone Stern Investment Club
Oversight Committee member of the Stern Investment Analysis Group (IAG) -undergraduate

Selected Publications

Haran Segram (2020)
Central Bank Implementation of Digital Cash and Economic Impact

Haran Segram (2020)
Income Inequality is Changing You from the Inside Out – A Post COVID-19 Perspective

Haran Segram (2020)
Income Inequality and Neuropsychology- A post COVID-19 Analysis.

Haran Segram (2019)
The S&P 500 Hits 3,000, What’s Next for Markets?

Haran Segram (2019)
How to Mitigate AI’s Exacerbation of Income Inequality

Haran Segram (2019)
A Brief History of AI's Evolution

Stern Press Release (2019)
NYU Stern Experts on the Impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Technology on Business and Society

Haran Segram (2013)
A Mixed Ordered Probit Analysis of Corporate Credit Ratings