Edward I. Altman

Edward I. Altman is the Max L. Heine Professor of Finance Emeritus at New York University's Stern School of Business, which he joined in 1967, and directs the Credit and Fixed Income Research Program at the NYU Salomon Center. He created the Altman Z-score, a bankruptcy-prediction model published in 1968, and is a leading researcher on high-yield bonds, distressed debt and credit risk. In 2016 he worked with Golub Capital on a new index of private middle-market company earnings.