Michael A. Goldstein is a Professor in the Finance Department at Babson College , where he has been designated a Babson Faculty Scholar. He held the Joseph Winn Term Chair from 2000 to 2005, and a Senior Research Teaching Fellow from 2005 to 2009, and the Natalie Taylor Senior Term Chair for 2009-2010. He has been appointed the title of Honorary Professor at The Queen's University of Belfast, and was a Visiting Professor at Trinity College (Dublin) in 2009.
After receiving his Ph.D. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania , Dr. Goldstein taught at both the University of Colorado at Boulder and at Boston College prior to joining the faculty at Babson. Dr. Goldstein has taught undergraduate, MBA, Ph.D., and Executive Education courses in corporate finance, valuation, markets and instruments, and financial institution management. His research covers market microstructure, privatization of formerly communist countries, and real estate. He actively consults to Fortune 100 companies and financial firms on financial strategy and international strategy. He is currently an Associate Editor of The Financial Review.
Dr. Goldstein was chosen to be the Visiting Economist at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) for 1997-1998. He was the eighth academic to hold that post. He also served as a member of the Nasdaq Economic Advisory Board from 2003 to 2005, and served as Chair in 2005. He currently serves on the Economic Advisory Board of the Finance Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA).
In 1990, Michael Goldstein traveled to Poland to work with the Deputy Prime Minister on Poland's privatization program. He has also traveled extensively throughout the world, including the former U.S.S.R., the former East Germany, Yugoslavia, Greece, Israel, Japan, Venezuela, Mexico and almost all of Western Europe.
Dr. Goldstein is a member of many academic and professional societies. His bio is listed in Marquis' Who's Who in America. He was profiled in Fall 2005 issue The Wharton Alumni Magazine.
Michael Goldstein grew up in Newton, Massachusetts, where he attended their public school system. He then attended Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, where he received a Bachelor of Science in Economics with a major in Finance. While an undergraduate at Penn, he was President of the International Affairs Association (the Model U.N. club) and General Partner of Pennsylvania Investment Alliance (a student run mutual fund).
After graduating, he moved to New York City to become an Investment Banker with Merrill Lynch in their Capital Markets division. While with Merrill Lynch, he worked in the Financial Institutions Group and the Japan Banking Group on many initial public offerings (IPOs), debt issuance, secondary equity offerings, and mergers and acquisitions (M&A).
After working for Merrill Lynch, Michael Goldstein returned to the Wharton School. While at Wharton, he received an M.B.A in Management and Finance, an M.A. in Finance, and a Ph.D. in Finance. His dissertation was entitled "Bid-Ask Spreads on U.S. Equity Markets".
During his graduate work, Michael Goldstein wrote a column ("O Blessed Letters ...") for The Daily Pennsylvanian and served on the University Council, the Provost's Committee for Academic Planning and Budget, the Trustee's Committee for Student Affairs, and the Safety and Security Committee. He also produced numerous plays while at Penn. He created and was President of the Wharton Doctoral Council and was elected the Chair of the Graduate and Professional Student's Association, representing all 11,000 graduate and professional students at Penn.
During the 1996-1997 academic year, Professor Goldstein visited Boston College, where he taught the core undergraduate and MBA corporate finance courses. During Spring 2009, Professor Goldstein visited both Queen's University (Belfast) and Trinity College (Dublin).