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Cynthia Eller

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Michael J. Ewens recently joined the faculty at Caltech as associate professor of finance and entrepreneurship after four years at the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University. A native of Wisconsin, Ewens attended Washington University in St. Louis, majoring in mathematics and economics before moving on to UC San Diego for graduate studies in economics.
Ewens explains how he discovered venture capital through a summer job in graduate school, and shares his ambitions for his future at Caltech.