Brian K. Baik

Brian Baik is an assistant professor in the Accounting and Management Unit at Harvard Business School. He teaches the Financial Reporting and Control course in the MBA required curriculum.

Professor Baik studies how information, financial reporting, and corporate taxes matter for PE/VC investors or startup firms. Some of his works have focused on the role of financial statement disclosure for PE/VC investments, and whether and how private equity fund managers inflate their interim fund valuations (net asset values) during fundraising periods.

Professor Baik earned a PhD in management (accounting) and a Master of Finance from MIT Sloan School of Management. He also holds a BS from Carnegie Mellon University. Prior to pursuing his PhD, he worked for the Singaporean private equity firm Houghton Street Partners.