Bio

Richard J. Zeckhauser serves as ERI's Senior Advisor, providing perspective and analysis on corporate development, negotiations, and investment strategy. Mr. Zeckhauser is the Frank Plumpton Ramsey Professor of Political Economy at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. There, Mr. Zeckhauser teaches economics, finance, decision theory, and game theory, all disciplines that inform the investment strategy of Equity Resources. In addition to teaching at the Kennedy School, Mr. Zeckhauser has also served on the Harvard faculties of Arts and Sciences, Law and Business. He is the author or coauthor of 235 articles and 10 books or edited books. He won the 2007 national mixed pairs championship at contract bridge. Mr. Zeckhauser has been a principal in two investment-banking firms, and a director of a number of high technology companies. He is currently a senior advisor to both Dial Directions and Tengion Corporation. Mr. Zeckhauser holds the A.B. and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard University.