Martha S. Samuelson is CEO and Chairman of
Analysis Group, Inc. Samuelson is an expert in antitrust, finance, and valuation, combining her training in finance and economics with five years of experience as a practicing trial attorney. A critical aspect of her work is the direction of economic analyses for large-scale litigations. Since joining Analysis Group in 1992, Samuelson has played a key role in the company's growth and diversification and has brought significant new clients, academic affiliates, and professional staff to the firm.
Early life and education
Samuelson was born to the daughter of journalist
Maggie Scarf and economist
Herbert Scarf. Her sister,
Susan Scarf Merrell
Susan Scarf Merrell is an American author who has published novels, short stories, and essays. Her second novel, ''Shirley'', about a young woman who goes to live with novelist Shirley Jackson and Stanley Edgar Hyman in their Bennington home in 196 ...
, is a noted author. Samuelson received her a
B.A. from
Yale University
Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wo ...
, her
J.D. from
Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School (Harvard Law or HLS) is the law school of Harvard University, a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest continuously operating law school in the United States.
Each class ...
, and her
M.B.A.
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from the
MIT Sloan School of Management
The MIT Sloan School of Management (MIT Sloan or Sloan) is the business school of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
MIT Sloan offers bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degree programs, ...
. In 1981, she married Paul R. Samuelson, the son of economist
Paul Samuelson.
Recognition
Samuelson was elected to ''Global Competition Reviews Women in Antitrust (2016), the ''International Who's Who of Competition Lawyers and Economists'' (2012), and Euromoney's ''Guide to the World's Leading Competition and Antitrust Lawyers/Economists'' (2012).
Samuelson wrote about the importance of thoughtful decision making and meaningful work in a 2015 article published in Harvard Business Review. She also participated in a 2011 executive roundtable discussion on finding and retaining talented people, published as part of the ''Boston Globe'' "Top Places to Work" feature, and discussed how the organization fosters leadership, accountability, and mentoring relationships in a 2010 interview with the ''New York Times''.
[Bryant, Adam]
"Ask Your Mentor for Help, Not for Brownie Points"
''New York Times'', November 6, 2010.
References
External links
Analysis Group Bio
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MIT Sloan School of Management alumni
Harvard Law School alumni
Yale University alumni
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
American women chief executives
21st-century American women