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William J. Poorvu

William J. Poorvu is Harvard Business School Adjunct Professor in Entrepreneurship. He has taught HBS's Real Property Asset Management and Field Studies in Real Property courses since the 1970s. Poorvu served as managing partner for several real estate companies, and founded the Baupost Group, an investment advisory firm. He authored the casebook The Real Estate Challenge: Capitalizing on Change(Regents/Prentice Hall), as well as The Real Estate Game: The Intelligent Guide to Decision-Making and Investment.