About

About Jeffrey C. Hooke

Jeffrey C. Hooke is a former international investment banker who has traveled extensively in the Far East. He is the author of five books on finance and investment; Prisoner 4861 is his first novel. Prior employers include The World Bank, Lehman Brothers, and Schroder Wertheim.

Mr. Hooke has been featured in many print media outlets, such as the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and Financial Times, as well as television, radio, and podcasts.

His Google Investing talk on private equity has garnered over 230,000 views. He holds MBA and BS degrees from the University of Pennsylvania and its Wharton School. An adjunct lecturer at Johns Hopkins University, Mr. Hooke resides in a suburb of Washington, DC.

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Career

Career & Background

Jeff Hooke was a senior lecturer at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School from 2016 to 2024, and he continues to teach courses on a part-time basis. He is a broad-based finance and investment executive with global experience throughout the U.S., Europe and the emerging markets of Latin America and Asia. He was a managing director of Focus Securities, an M&A-oriented boutique investment bank, prior to joining Carey. Earlier, Hooke focused on emerging market investment and private equity. He was a director at the Emerging Markets Partnership, a $5 billion private equity group. Earlier, he was a principal investment officer of the International Finance Corporation, the $30 billion private sector division of the World Bank.

His New York investment banking career covered two major firms: Lehman Brothers and Schroder Wertheim. He began his career as an investment officer in the private placement department of Metropolitan Life Insurance. Hooke has an MBA from the Wharton School and a BS degree cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of five books and many publications.

Education

MBA, Finance, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

BS, Economics, University of Pennsylvania

Teaching

Current

Corporate Finance

Mergers and Acquisitions

Project Finance and Public-Private Infrastructure Delivery

Research

Selected Publications

Hooke, J. (2019). Comparing Fossil Free Equity Portfolio Performance to a Conventional Stock Market Index. Journal of Investing. (Pending). (With Ken Yook)

Hooke, J. (2019). Alternative Asset Fees, Returns and Volatility: A Case Study of New Jersey State Pension Fund. Journal of Alternative Investments. (Pending). (With Ken Yook)

Hooke, J. (2018). Top Foundations 10-Year Plunge Into Alternatives Yields Mixed Results and High fees. Non Profit Management & Leadership. (With Ken Yook)

Hooke, J. (2018). The Grand Experiment: The State and Municipal Pension Fund Diversification Into Alternative Assets. Pension Risk Management, Journal of Investing. (With Ken Yook)

Hooke, J. (2017). The Curious Year-to Year Performance of Buyout Fund Returns: Another Mark-to Market Problem?. Journal of Private Equity. (With Ken Yook)

Hooke, J. (2014). An Analysis of Returns of Moderately Aged Buyout Funds with Low Residual Value. Journal of Alternative Investments. (With Ken Yook)

Hooke, J. (2016). The Relative Performance of Large Buyout Fund Groups. Journal of Private Equity, 4th Quarter. (With Ken Yook)

Hooke, J. (2014). Replicating Buyout Funds Through Indexing. Journal of Indexing. (With Ted Barnhill)

Media

Impact & Engagements

Jeff Hooke has been widely quoted in the business media, including, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, The New York Times, and The Washington Post. He speaks regularly before industry seminars, academic groups and CFA societies.

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