Randolph W. Westerfield

Dr. Randolph W. Westerfield is an American financial economist, academic, and author. Holding a Ph.D. from the University of Rochester, he served as dean of the USC Marshall School of Business and dean of the Wharton School.

He is best known as the co-author of foundational academic finance textbooks including Corporate Finance (with Stephen Ross and Jeffrey Jaffe) and Fundamentals of Corporate Finance.

Westerfield’s rigorous academic research and accessible educational frameworks have shaped financial literacy for generations of business students globally. His textbooks are gold standards in higher education.