Finance and Global Finance

Bob Gross teaches Financial Management and Global Finance at Lake Forest Graduate School of Management.

Bob is the Co-Founder and Senior Managing Director of Prairie Capital Advisors, Inc. Prairie is an employee-owned company that provides investment banking, ESOP advisory and valuation services to support the growth and ownership transition strategies of middle-market companies. Prior to that, Bob served as First Vice President of Merrill Lynch, and as Area Production Manager for American Appraisal Associates. Bob has a passion for staff development, and he speaks to audiences on a wide variety of corporate finance topics, including valuation, mergers and acquisitions, ESOPs, ownership transition, securities design, and synthetic equity.

Business Leader Faculty® Since 2013