Per Strömberg is an internationally prominent researcher in the field of financial economics, a research field in the area between economics and business administration. He is a professor at the Stockholm School of Economics, where he holds the Stockholm School of Economics Jubilee Professorship in Financial Economics, especially Venture Capital. He is also an Assistant Professor at the University of Chicago and Director of the Swedish House of Finance - a national research institute aimed at bringing together the country's best researchers in the field of financial markets.

Mr. Strömberg holds an MBA from the Stockholm School of Economics and a PhD in financial economics from Carnegie Mellon University, USA, in 1997. He works in the field of corporate finance, a branch of financial economics that deals with the tools and analytical methods that firms use to make financial decisions. Strömberg's research contains both innovative theory and ambitious empirical work and he has been recognized for his research on bankruptcy rules and on venture capital financing. Per Strömberg's research has significant practical relevance and connection to current issues in the financial sector and the economy at large. His research has won several awards and he is the only researcher who has twice won the prestigious Brattle Group Prize for his publications in The Journal of Finance. Strömberg is a member of the Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien and the Committee for the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.