Pedro Santa Clara

At-a-Glance

Full Professor of Finance at Nova School of Business and Economics since 2007.
Co-founded Atrium Portofolio Managers, an asset management firm, in 1999.
Founded Data4Deals, a fintech startup, in 2021.
Started Shaken Not Stirred in 2019, promoting education projects like 42 Lisboa (2020) and 42 Porto (2022).
Led the construction of the new campus for Nova SBE and a €54 million funding campaign between 2012 and 2018.
Published over 30 papers in top academic journals of Finance and Economics.
Holds a Ph.D. in Finance from INSEAD and an undergraduate degree in Economics from Nova SBE.

Biography

Pedro Santa-Clara is a distinguished academic and entrepreneur with a career spanning finance, education, and technology. He serves as a Full Professor of Finance at the Nova School of Business and Economics, a position he has held since 2007. Prior to this, he was an Assistant, Associate, and Full Professor of Finance at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management from 1996 to 2009.

He earned his undergraduate degree in Economics from Nova SBE and a Ph.D. in Finance from INSEAD.