Uncovering the Underlying Dangers and Developing Insightful Valuation Skills
This course delves into the often-overlooked hidden risks in business valuation, emphasizing the importance of intuition and critical insight. Participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of how to identify potential pitfalls, effectively communicate essential information, and participate actively in the valuation process. The course equips professionals with the knowledge and skills necessary to ensure accurate and meaningful valuations by exploring various valuation models, metaphors, and practical examples. Led by Jay B. Abrams, a seasoned business appraiser, this course bridges valuation's technical and intuitive aspects, fostering a holistic approach to business appraisals.
President & CEO at Abrams Valuation Group, Inc.
Jay Abrams, ASA, CPA, MBA, specializes in valuing privately-held businesses. Mr. Abrams is the president of Abrams Valuation Group, Inc., a business valuation firm with offices in North Hollywood, California and New York. He is the author of two books published by McGraw-Hill: Quantitative Business Valuation: A Mathematical Approach for Today's Professionals and How to Value Your Business and Increase its Potential. The second edition of Quantitative Business Valuation is published by John Wiley & Sons. Mr. Abrams is nearly finished with a book on the valuation of S Corporations and other non-tax entities. He has published several quantitative articles in the American Society of Appraisers' Valuation Journal, Business Valuation Review and The Valuation Examiner. Mr. Abrams has invented several valuation models and approximately 150 valuation formulas. Plaintiff's economist used Abrams Valuation Group, Inc.'s Economic Components Model for the Discount for Lack of Marketability in Maris Distributing Co. v. Anheuser-Busch, Inc., 302 F.3d 1207 (11th Cir. 2002). He earned his MBA degree from the University of Chicago, where he also took graduate courses in the Department of Economics. Mr. Abrams earned his B.S. degree from California State University. He has taught business valuation as continuing legal education in many law firms and seminars at the University of Southern California, University of California at San Diego Extension, the University of San Diego Law School for U.S. Tax Court Justice David Laro, USC Graduate School of Business for Professor Thomas Taulli, and California State University at Northridge Business School for Professor Vincentiu Covrig.
