Aswath Damodaran is an Indian-American academic who serves as the Kerschner Family Chair in Finance Education and Professor of Finance at the Stern School of Business of New York University. He is widely recognized for authoring several academic and practitioner texts that are extensively used in the fields of valuation, corporate finance, and investment management.
Damodaran is a prominent advocate for Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) analysis, a valuation method he emphasizes in his teaching.