Poets&Quants’ World’s Best 40-Under-40 MBA Professors Of 2025 by: Kristy Bleizeffer on May 21, 2025 | 11,881 Views May 21, 2025 Copy Link Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Email Share on LinkedIn Share on WhatsApp Share on Reddit PRESENTING THE 40-UNDER-40 MBA PROFESSORS OF 2025 Over the last decade, Poets&Quants has honored 520 up-and-coming star MBA professors as part of our 40-Under-40 honor roll. You can see past winners by clicking the year below: 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2011 Nominations will open for the 2026 list next spring. Please keep an eye out at Poets&Quants.com as well as on our various newsletters and social media platforms for the start of our open nomination period. Our full 2025 class of 40-Under-40 Best MBA Professors is presented below. Each winner filled out a P&Q questionnaire we hope reveals some insight into their backgrounds, teaching styles, and research. We asked about their hobbies, favorite music, and why they wanted to become business school professors. We encourage you to read each profile by clicking the professor’s name. Their answers are quite candid, surprisingly funny, and always insightful. We congratulate each man and woman on this year’s list. No matter what they study, the courses they teach, or where they work, all are among the most promising young professors training the leaders of tomorrow. Aleksander A. . AleszczykTitle: Assistant Professor of AccountingAge: 34New York University’s Leonard N. Stern School of BusinessEmmanouil AvgerinosTitle: Associate Professor of Decision SciencesAge: 39IE Business SchoolAymeric BellonTitle: Assistant Professor of FinanceAge: 34University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business SchoolHayley BlundenTitle: Assistant Professor of ManagementAge: 39American University’s Kogod School of BusinessEmanuele ColonnelliTitle: Professor of Finance and EntrepreneurshipAge: 37University of Chicago’s Booth School of BusinessKristen DukeTitle: Assistant Professor of MarketingAge: 33University of Toronto’s Rotman School of ManagementElena FumagalliTitle: Associate Professor of Marketing and LeadershipAge: 38INCAE Business SchoolNegin (Nikki) Golrezaei Title: W. Maurice Young (1961) Career Development Associate Professor of Management Age: 39Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Sloan School of ManagementChristian HampelTitle: Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Social InnovationAge: 36Imperial Business SchoolRichard HodgettTitle: Associate Professor in Business Analytics and Decision SciencesAge: 39Leeds University Business SchoolEnric Junqué de FortunyTitle: Assistant Professor of Managerial Decision SciencesAge: 38IESE Business School at the University of NavarraSamantha KepplerTitle: NBD Bancorp Assistant Professor of Technology and Operations Age: 39University of Michigan’s Ross School of BusinessKristoph KleinerTitle: Associate Professor of FinanceAge: 38Indiana University’s Kelley School of BusinessRyan KrauseTitle: Professor of Strategy and Duncan Faculty FellowAge: 38Texas Christian University’s Neeley School of BusinessRavi S.. KudesiaTitle: Associate Professor of ManagementAge: 38Temple University’s Fox School of BusinessAmbar La ForgiaTitle: Assistant ProfessorAge: 36University of California Berkeley’s Haas School of BusinessMichael Lingzhi LiTitle: Assistant ProfessorAge: 28Harvard University’s Harvard Business SchoolKe Michael MaiTitle: Associate Professor of Organisational BehaviourAge: 39China Europe International Business SchoolArianna MarchettiTitle: Assistant Professor of Strategy and EntrepreneurshipAge: 37London Business SchoolSébastien MartinTitle: Assistant Professor of OperationsAge: 33Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern UniversityRita MotaTitle: Associate ProfessorAge: 39Esade Business SchoolTyler MuirTitle: Associate Professor of FinanceAge: 39University of California Los Angeles’ Anderson School of ManagementSamir NurmohamedTitle: Associate Professor of ManagementAge: 39The Wharton School of The University of PennsylvaniaAnthony PalombaTitle: Assistant Professor of Business AdministrationAge: 38University of Virginia’s Darden School of BusinessVoni PamphileTitle: Associate Professor of Strategic Management and Public PolicyAge: 39George Washington UniversityJean PauphiletTitle: Assistant Professor of Management Science and OperationAge: 32London Business SchoolMadeleine RauchTitle: Associate ProfessorAge: 36The University of Cambridge’s Cambridge Judge Business SchoolIgnacio RiosTitle: Assistant Professor of Operations ManagementAge: 36The University of Texas at Dallas Naveen Jindal School of ManagementFrancesco RosatiTitle: Associate ProfessorAge: 39Technical University of DenmarkDimitrije RuzicTitle: Assistant Professor of EconomicsAge: 36INSEADAnthony SalernoTitle: Associate Professor of MarketingAge: 38Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of ManagementSydney ScottTitle: Associate Professor of MarketingAge: 34WashU OlinRaghav SingalTitle: Assistant ProfessorAge: 33Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College Suhas A. SridharanTitle: Associate Professor of AccountingAge: 38Emory University’s Goizueta Business School Irina Surdu-NardellaTitle: Professor of International Business StrategyAge: 36Warwick Business SchoolGhassan Paul YacoubTitle: Associate Professor of Strategy and InnovationAge: 39EDHEC Business SchoolTom Taiyi YanTitle: Assistant Professor of Organizational BehaviorAge: 33University College London School of ManagementŞafak YücelTitle: Associate Professor of Operations ManagementAge: 37Georgetown University’s McDonough School of BusinessLaurina ZhangTitle: Associate Professor in Strategy & InnovationAge: 39Boston University’s Questrom School of BusinessWeiming ZhuTitle: Associate Professor in Innovation and Information ManagementAge: 36The University of Hong Kong Business School Previous PagePage 3 of 3 1 2 3