Margarita Kaprielyan

Associate Professor of Finance
Elon University

Margarita Kaprielyan, PhD. is an Associate Professor of Finance at Elon University. She teaches Financial Modeling with Excel and Real Estate Finance amongst other finance courses at Elon University. Her classes are designed for application of financial concepts in financial and real estate industries practice. She is also ARGUS Software Certified in ARGUS Enterprise (AE) and teaches AE software application at Elon. Her research covers investments, including mutual funds, mutual fund families, and the investor behavior towards different asset classes and asset class performance. In the area of corporate finance, she researches the topic of corporate divestment. She also serves as a private business consultant to small business start-ups, on topics such as valuation, budgeting, and operations. She earned her PhD in Finance from Florida Atlantic University in 2017.