Corporate governance, finance, and responsible business by Alex Edmans

Alex Edmans is Professor of Finance at London Business School and author of the award-winning book Grow the Pie: How Great Companies Deliver Both Purpose and Profit, which has sold over 100,000 copies globally and is translated into seven languages. Holds a Ph.D. in Financial Economics from MIT and was previously tenured at Wharton. Research spans corporate governance, sustainable finance, and behavioral investing, with more than 20,000 academic citations and articles published in Journal of Finance, Review of Financial Studies, and Management Science. Edmans advises multiple institutions, including the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council, Morgan Stanley’s Institute for Sustainable Investing, and Novo Nordisk’s Sustainability Council.

In 2024, released May Contain Lies, a book on statistical manipulation in investment communication. While not a crypto specialist, Edmans’s frameworks on value creation and stakeholder governance are used by token fund managers, DAO architects, and impact-aligned Web3 startups. With clarity across academic, corporate, and regulatory spheres, Edmans remains one of the most widely respected voices in finance’s ethical modernization.

  • Parshwa Turakhiya
  • 16.07.2026
Alex Edmans: FTSE 100 falls despite UK growth reaching 13-month high
Alex Edmans highlights that the FTSE 100 opened 0.5% lower even as UK economic growth reached its highest level in 13 months. He points to a Yahoo Finance report suggesting that investor ...
  • Ashutosh Sureka
  • 02.05.2026
Pre-order announced for market psychology book, Alex Edmans notes
Alex Edmans, industry influencer, announced the pre-order availability of his new book 'The Madness of Markets,' which explores how hype, sentiment, and major events such as World Cup defeats can ...
  • Ivan Andriyenko
  • 02.01.2026
Alex Edmans: FTSE 100 outperforms due to overseas revenue
Alex Edmans clarifies that 75% of FTSE 100 revenues are from overseas markets. The London-based index's rise is attributed to these global earnings rather than the performance of the UK economy. ...