By Lacie Blankenship
Vanderbilt Business welcomes Johan Cassel Pegelow, Assistant Professor of Finance, as one of 6 new additions to the faculty this fall.
Johan Cassel Pegelow
His research focuses on private equity, venture capital, and entrepreneurial finance. He primarily studies the impact of private equity ownership on portfolio companies, the ability of minorities to raise private capital funds, and the secondary market for private equity fund stakes.
“I find it quite fascinating to study private equity in particular, as they operate an extreme version of capitalism,” he says. “I find it very interesting to study the impact of the changes buyouts impose on companies they acquire, or thinking about how access to capital can be a barrier for entrepreneurs to reach their full potential.”
Johan Cassel Pegelow comes to Vanderbilt from Harvard Business School, where he spent 2 years as a Postdoctoral Fellow in the private capital project.
He received a BS in Mathematics and a BS and MS in Finance from Stockholm University in Sweden, before completing his PhD in Finance at the University of Oxford in England.
He was twice awarded the Ballerina Award (Teacher of the Year) at Stockholm Business School for developing video lectures. While visiting the Stockholm School of Economics in 2021, he received the Ola Bengtsson Award for best discussant at the 10th National PhD Workshop in Finance.
“I enjoy figuring out what material students struggle with, and then coming up with a creative way of getting through to them,” he says. “I try to find different ways, such as using video lectures, to help convey the material in a way that allows more students to grasp the concepts.”
Johan Cassel Pegelow is teaching Investments in Mod 1 and Investments and Private Equity/Venture Capital in Mod 3.
“I am happy to talk with students about their interests outside of class,” he says. “If there is something that interests you [students], I would always advise you to reach out.”
Outside of work, he enjoys board games and climbing gyms.
