Richard Maxwell

Education: B.S. and M.B.A., Brigham Young University; Ph.D. in Finance, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Richard Maxwell is an Assistant Professor of Finance at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business. His research focuses on private equity and venture capital, entrepreneurial finance, and household finance, with particular emphasis on investment decisions and capital allocation in private markets. His work has been presented at leading conferences and research forums in private equity and finance.

At Darden, Richard teaches the core course “Financial Management and Policies II.” Previously, he taught courses in corporate finance and principles of finance and served as a teaching assistant for courses in alternative investments at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he earned his Ph.D. Prior to his doctoral studies, Richard worked as an investment banking analyst at Wells Fargo Securities in New York City.