CONFERENCE SPEAKERS
Carson Block
Founding Partner, Muddy Waters Research LLC
Carson Block is director of research and founding partner of Muddy Waters Research LLC. Muddy Waters is a due diligence-based investment and research firm that conducts extensive accounting and on-the-ground investigations of public companies. Prior to forming Muddy Waters, Mr. Block was an entrepreneur in China and worked as a lawyer in the Shanghai office of the U.S. law firm Jones Day. In 2007, he co-authored Doing Business in China for Dummies, a primer on doing business in China.
In 2011, Bloomberg Markets Magazine named Mr. Block to its list of the “50 Most Influential” people in global finance. In 2012, he won a Boldness in Business Award from ArcelorMittal and the Financial Times for “Best Newcomer.” He holds a B.S. in business from the University of Southern California and a J.D. from the Chicago-Kent College of Law, where he has also served as an adjunct professor.
