Noam Wasserman is the dean of Yeshiva University’s Sy Syms School of Business. Before becoming dean in mid-2019, he was a professor of entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School and a chaired professor and founding director of a center at the University of Southern California. In his 13 years as a professor at Harvard, Dr. Wasserman's research focused on founders’ early decisions that can make or break the startup and its team. At USC, Dr. Wasserman was the inaugural holder of the Lemann Chair in Entrepreneurship. He has written two bestselling books that have won international awards, has had his research published in top academic journals, and has written multiple features and columns for the Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, Forbes, and Inc. magazine.Noam received a PhD from Harvard University, an MBA from Harvard Business School (graduating with high distinction as a Baker Scholar), a BSE in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, and a BS from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He has eight children and three grandchildren and is nearing completion of his second Daf Yomi cycle.