Ken Singleton
InvestorAdvisor at Nyca Partners · Advisor at Sure Ventures
Stanford, California, United States
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Experience
- Institute for Advanced Study (Tokyo College), The University of Tokyo, Tokyo (Japan)Invited Professorcurrent2026 — presentTokyo, Japan
- Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessAdams Distinguished Professor of Management, Emerituscurrent2021 — presentStanford, CA
- Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessAffiliate, Golub Capital Social Impact Labcurrent2019 — present
- Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessCo-Director, How FinTechs and Banks are Reshaping the Financial Services Ecosystem2020 — 2024
- Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessAdams Distinguished Professor of Management1987 — 2021
- Nyca PartnersAdvisorcurrent2018 — presentGreater New York City Area
- Crestone EM Fintech FundStrategic Advisorcurrent2022 — present
- Sure VenturesAdvisorcurrent2020 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Stanford Angels & EntrepreneursFaculty Advisorcurrent2017 — presentPalo Alto, CA
- 1 Grain to 1000 GrainsCo-Foundercurrent2013 — presentSan Mateo County, CA
- The Stanford GSB Impact FundFaculty Advisor and Member of the Investment Committee2015 — 2022Stanford University, Stanford, CA
- American Finance AssociationPresident2020
- American Finance AssociationExecutive Editor, Journal of Finance2012 — 2016
- Carnegie Mellon Tepper School of BusinessProfessor of Economics1980 — 1987
- University of VirginiaProfessor of Economics1977 — 1980
Skills & more
Lecturing8Matlab3University Teaching12Theory5Research22Teaching7R4Mathematica3Statistics26Economics27Econometrics26Higher Education13
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Community OutreachScienceLaTeXMachine LearningStataEditingPublic SpeakingQuantitative FinanceTime Series AnalysisPolicy AnalysisE-LearningMathematical ModelingFrom Ken's professional profile.
Colleagues at Nyca Partners
Agastya Gupta
Senior Associate at Nyca Partners
Celine Diagne
Office Manager & Executive Assistant at Nyca Partners
David Sica
Principal at Nyca Partners
Deanna Gavaris
Associate at Nyca Partners
Duncan King
Head of Investor & Public Relations at Nyca Partners
Greta Sacre
Head of Finance & Operations at Nyca Partners
Hans Morris
Managing Partner at Nyca Partners
Ian Steren
Associate at Nyca Partners
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Ken Singleton?
- Advisor at Sure Ventures
- Where does Ken Singleton work?
- Ken Singleton is Advisor at Nyca Partners.
- Where did Ken Singleton go to school?
- Ken Singleton studied at University of Wisconsin- Madison (Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Economics); Reed College (Bachelor's degree, Economics and Mathematics).
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Shared employers
Also worked at Stanford University Graduate School of Business263
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Also worked at Carnegie Mellon Tepper School of Business10
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Also worked at University of Virginia71
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