William J. Poorvu


William J. Poorvu is an American real estate investor and Adjunct Professor in Entrepreneurship, Emeritus at Harvard Business School. "He was an adjunct professor on the HBS faculty from 1973 until 2002."

Education

Poorvu earned his B.A. from Yale University in 1956 and his MBA from HBS in 1958.

Career

Poorvu is the Co-founder, Chairman, and Co-Chair of the Advisory Board of the hedge fund The Baupost Group, currently led by Seth Klarman with $29.4 billion AUM in 2012. He is a member of the Carnegie Corporation Investment Committee and a former member of the Yale University Investment Committee and of the Yale University Council. In April 2013, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. He was also on the faculty of the Harvard Graduate School of Design.

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