Dr. Fuerst brings over 20 years of experience in valuation and technology-driven projects. He combines a career as a valuation and strategy expert advisor to several Fortune 500 and other companies and investors, an academic lecturer and researcher, an investor and serial entrepreneur.

Dr. Fuerst was the initiator and the co-director of the Technology Valuation Executive Program at Columbia Business School, focusing on global and technology valuation. Previously he was a faculty member at the School of Management and the International Center for Finance at Yale, specializing in International Valuation and Management Systems.

He is also an active angel investor and is the co-founder of Tevel Angel club, a NY based angel club focused on early stage technology companies.  

He was also with the advisory group of KPMG Israel and was a feature columnist for leading financial newspapers (including the Financial Times, Globes and Haaretz). He was a commander in the elite Technology unit of the Israeli Defense Forces.

Dr. Fuerst  is the author of the books "From Concept to Wall Street" (Financial Times- Prentice Hall, 2003) and “Startup Companies and Venture Capital” (Tel Aviv University Press, 2001), of the online course "e-Valuation"(Columbia University Digital Ventures, 2003) and of numerous book chapters in investment books such as "Mastering Investments (FT, 2003). He holds B.A. degrees in Economics and Accounting (Tel-Aviv University, dual Magna Cum Laude), and a Masters and Ph.D. from Columbia Business School, focusing on   valuation, game theory, public offerings and global equity markets.

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