{"id":13545,"date":"2025-01-09T20:46:59","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T01:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/profiles\/edward-karns\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T15:58:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T19:58:25","slug":"edward-karns","status":"publish","type":"profiles","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/profiles\/edward-karns\/","title":{"rendered":"Edward Karns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull profile__standard-wrapper has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns profile__columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column profile__left-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-3bd72ab2 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<aside class=\"profile__contact profile__contact--api wp-block-amp-profile-contact\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n  <h5>Contact<\/h5>\n  <div class=\"profile__contact-row\">\n              <div class=\"profile__contact-cell profile__contact-cell--email\">\n        <h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-8-font-size\" style=\"font-weight: 500; text-transform: uppercase; margin-top: 0px;\">\n        Email\n      <\/h6>\n      <p class=\"has-p-2-font-size\">\n        <a href=\"mailto:karns@bu.edu\" itemprop=\"email\">\n          karns@bu.edu        <\/a>\n      <\/p>\n    <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"profile__contact-buttons\">\n                    <div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-primary-button\">\n          <a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/tedkarns\/\" itemprop=\"url\">\n            Visit Website\n          <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  \n  <\/aside><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column profile__right-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-3bd72ab2 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__header-container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-7db9d80f wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__header-content has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Edward Karns<\/h2>\n<div class=\"alignfull wp-block-amp-profile-position\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-text-transform-uppercase has-p-2-font-size\" style=\"text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: 600\">\n\t\t\tLecturer, Finance\t\t<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-amp-profile-bio\">\n\t<p>Edward (Ted) Karns is a Lecturer in Finance at Boston University&#8217;s Questrom School of Business. He is also an investor, strategic advisor, and author focused on endowment management and career development. <\/p>\n<p>Ted spent 15 years as a Managing Director at Princeton University&#8217;s $34 billion endowment, where he co-led the private equity and venture capital program, built partnerships with top-tier and emerging managers, and mentored the next generation of investors. His tenure directly supported scholarships, research, and teaching for current and future generations. <\/p>\n<p>Today, Ted advises family offices, nonprofits, and private equity and venture capital firms on long-term strategy and governance\u2014helping them build durable, mission-aligned platforms. He serves on investment committees for family offices and the Museum of Science, Boston. <\/p>\n<p>At Boston University, Ted teaches Measuring Financial Value and co-teaches Financing New Ventures. He is a frequent guest lecturer at Princeton and Harvard Business School. His teaching centers on the endowment model, venture capital, and building careers aligned with long-term values. <\/p>\n<p>Ted is the author of A Compounding Life (January 2026), which applies endowment management principles to career and life decisions. He has published articles on endowment management and teaching in Insights@Questrom and contributes to the Financial Times&#8217; Business School Professors&#8217; Picks series. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-amp-profile-data profile-data\">\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"bu_is_from_api":true,"buID":"U38045460","lastName":"Karns","firstName":"Edward","middleName":"","suffixName":"","phone":"","email":"karns@bu.edu","pronouns":"","cv":"","website":"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/tedkarns\/","office":"","address":"","bio":"Edward (Ted) Karns is a Lecturer in Finance at Boston University's Questrom School of Business. 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