His research interests are in the intersection of corporate finance and organizational economics. His recent work has examined the importance of top managerial talent for firm performance. He has also recently examined the impact of risk management policies on firm value. Previously, he has studied how the incentives of large shareholders can shape dividend payout and managerial succession decisions; the impact of ownership structures on productivity; and the interaction between competition and corporate governance. Pérez-González has an ongoing research agenda examining the strengths and unique challenges of family firms. His research has examined the performance of family firms both in the U.S. and abroad. His work has been accepted for publication at top economics and finance journals, such as, the American Economic Review, the Journal of Finance and the Quarterly Journal of Economics.

Francisco Pérez-González is an Assistant Professor of Finance at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. He is also a Faculty Research Fellow of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and an affiliate of Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA), Small & Medium Enterprise Initiative.

He previously taught at Columbia University, the University of Chicago and the University of Texas, Austin. Prior to academia, he served as an economist at the Mexican Ministry of Finance and at the Mexican Council of Economic Advisers to the President; as a consultant at Harvard’s Institute for International Development; and as a visiting researcher at the Central Bank of Mexico.

Pérez-González was born in Teziutlán, Puebla, México. He received a bachelor’s degree in economics from the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM), in Mexico City, and in 2008, he received ITAM’s distinguished alumni award. He earned both a Masters and a PhD in economics from Harvard University.

He lives with his wife and two kids on the Stanford campus.

At Stanford he teaches two courses: Managerial Finance and Family Business.