Marianne started teaching as a lecturer at The City College of New York in 2018 and has been an Adjunct Professor since 2019.   She teaches classes in Financial Analysis & Decision Making and has lectured in Investments.   Marianne is also an Adjunct Professor at Baruch College.

Marianne has ~25 years of experience as a buy- and sell-side Equity Analyst following the technology industry. She is a ranked investment analyst, named an All Star by The Wall Street Journal, Starmine, Bloomberg and Greenwich Associate polls for both stock picking and earnings estimate accuracy. In November 2006, Bloomberg Magazine named Marianne Wolk one of the top 20 analysts in the world due to her pre-IPO analysis of Google and first-to-market recommendation of its shares. As a leading Internet analyst, Marianne made frequent appearances on CNBC and Bloomberg television and was widely quoted in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Forbes and Bloomberg. 

Marianne Wolk has held senior Equity Research positions with numerous boutique investment banks.  These include derivatives leaders’ O’Connor & Associates and Susquehanna Financial Group and technology boutique Robertson Stephens & Company.  During her tenure on Wall Street, Marianne participated in more than 25 investment banking transactions including initial public offerings (IPOs), mergers and acquisitions (M&A).  Marianne began her career in management consulting with Booz, Allen & Hamilton.  In 2011, Marianne founded a strategic consulting firm and began providing financial advisory services to startups, primarily in the eCommerce sector.  Marianne earned a BS in Applied Mathematics from Northwestern University (honors program, Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences) and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Marianne has authored numerous research reports on the Internet industry including papers on Mobile Internet, Digital Advertising, Internet Infrastructure, Voice Recognition and Spyware.

Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Finance and Economics - The University of Chicago

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Applied Mathematics (Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences, "MMSS") - Northwestern University

ECO 41550 - Financial Analysis & Decision Making (Part I) - Through a practical skills-based approach, students will learn how firms utilize financial data to make strategic and operational decisions. The course provides students a strong basis in financial statement analysis, data analysis, financial modeling and introductory forecasting. The course is Excel intensive and geared towards students seeking to develop the skills of an entry-level financial analyst.  

ECO 41558 - Honors, Financial Analysis & Decision Making (Parts I & II)  -  This course offers a rigorous finance bootcamp intended as "Wall Street" prep with the chief goal of positioning students to obtain better finance jobs. It incorporates data analysis, modeling, forecasting, business strategy, valuation/risk and portfolio construction.  It is a fast-paced Excel intensive course. 

ECO 41556 - Financial Analysis Workshop -  In this course, students will learn advanced financial analysis and strategic problem solving by completing a set of cases in a workshop format.  Students will work independently with one-on-one support from a financial executive. The course provides selected students the opportunity to work closely with experienced finance professionals, gain invaluable on-the-job work experience and meet potential employers.  

B9950 - Advanced Financial Analysis & Decision Making (Parts I & II), Master's Class

B9956 - Financial Analysis Master's Workshop