Sean D. Carr (born January 21, 1969) is the Executive Director of Batten Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation at the
University of Virginia
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. He is also co-author, along with
Robert F. Bruner, of the book ''The Panic of 1907: Lessons Learned from the Market's Perfect Storm''. The book focuses on the early 20th Century financial disaster known as the
Panic of 1907
The Panic of 1907, also known as the 1907 Bankers' Panic or Knickerbocker Crisis, was a financial crisis that took place in the United States over a three-week period starting in mid-October, when the New York Stock Exchange fell almost 50% from ...
.
Career
Carr holds an MBA and PhD from the Darden School of Business at the
University of Virginia
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.
He also has an MS in Journalism from
Columbia University
Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...
, and an undergraduate degree in Classics from
Northwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in the world.
Charte ...
. Previously he was a producer at
CNN
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in Washington, D.C. He was also a producer at
ABC News
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' Good Morning America, and
World News Tonight with
Peter Jennings
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. Carr is married and resides in Charlottesville, Va.
See also
Listen to Sean Carr's interview with
NPR
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's
Robert Siegel
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Early ...
, August 28, 200
*Robert F. Bruner's Blo
*Financial Times analysis comparing 1907 crash to 2007 Stock Marke
*Wall Street Journal Online's review of ''The Panic of 1907'
*Reuters' Review as appeared in Boston Globe, August 12, 200
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References
External links
*Batten Institute at the University of Virgini
*Darden School of Business at the University of Virgini
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1969 births
Living people
21st-century American writers
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism alumni
Northwestern University alumni
University of Virginia Darden School of Business alumni