Michael C. Jensen
| Michael C. Jensen | |
|---|---|
| Born |
November 30, 1939 Rochester, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Residence | U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Economics |
| Institutions |
Monitor Group 2000- Harvard University 1985-00 University of Rochester 1967-88 |
| Alma mater | University of Chicago |
| Doctoral advisor | Merton Miller |
| Known for |
Financial economics Corporate finance |
Michael Cole "Mike" Jensen (born November 30, 1939), an American economist, works in the area of financial economics. Between 2000 and 2009 he worked for the Monitor Company Group, a strategy-consulting firm which became "Monitor Deloitte" in 2013. He holds the position of Jesse Isidor Straus Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus, at Harvard University.
Michael Jensen was born on November 30, 1939 in Rochester, Minnesota, United States. He received his A.B. in Economics from Macalester College in 1962. He received both his M.B.A. (1964) and Ph.D. (1968) degrees from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, notably working with Professor Merton Miller (1990 co-winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics).
Between 1967-1988, Jensen was a professor of finance and business administration at the William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration of the University of Rochester. He also founded and managed between 1977-88 the Managerial Economics Research Center at the University of Rochester. Since 1985, Michael Jensen also joined the Harvard Business School, keeping a double appointment until 1988, when he left the University of Rochester remaining only at Harvard. In 2000 Jensen retired from academic work, remaining a Professor Emeritus at Harvard, and joined the consulting firm Monitor Group.
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