Best 40-Under-40 Professor Anne Beyer

Anne Beyer

Associate Professor of Accounting

Age: 36

Institution: Stanford University, Stanford Graduate School of Business

Since: 2006

Before current institution: PhD student at Kellogg

Hometown: Stuttgart, Germany

Marital status: married

Children: 0

Education:  Diploma in Business, the University of Stuttgart (Germany); PhD in Acct. Northwestern University

Courses currently teaching: Introduction to Financial Accounting

Most memorable moment as a professor:  Receiving the teaching award last year

“If I weren’t a b-school professor…”  I’d be a dairy farmer somewhere in the Alps

In 2013—in the annual selection of the best example of teaching excellence—MBA students at the Stanford Graduate School of Busiess chose Anne Beyer for her dedication to students and the curriculum. The 36-year-old rising star professor teaches an intro financial accounting course and describes teaching as “incredibly rewarding and great fun.”

Legend has it that on the last day of class, she received an extended, desk-banging round of applause from students; a testament to her being chosen for Stanford’s Distinguished Teaching Award. Professor Beyer is the fourth woman in Stanford GSB’s history to win the annual teaching prize. One month prior, she was awarded tenure.

Anne Beyer is among “The World’s 40 Best B-School Profs Under the Age of 40“