Vallendar, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Professor Dr. Markus Rudolf has been full Professor and holder of the Chair of Finance at the WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management since 1998. He also heads WHU’s Center of Asset and Wealth Management. From 2015 to the end of April 2023, he was dean of WHU after having been Associate Dean for two terms. Markus Rudolf earned his PhD degree in fall 1994 and his habilitation degree in May 1999, both at the University St. Gallen, Switzerland. His recent research interest focusses on democracy and happiness, on pricing carbon contracts, on Banking, on asset and risk management, and on derivatives pricing. He is co-editor of the journal "Financial Markets and Portfolio Management" and acts as academic director for the Campus for Finance - WHU New Year's Conference. He holds a supervisory board position at Boeker & Paul AG and acted as a member of the supervisory board at BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG between June 2008 and March 2016.
Co-Founder together with two ex WHU students
Independent Supervisory Board Member