Summary
Max Chen is a finance and valuation leader with six years of experience and a decade-plus career advising private equity and corporate clients across the US, Asia, and Europe. Currently a Director at BlackRock, he previously led valuation efforts for HIG Capital’s diverse funds and ran transaction services and valuation engagements at PwC, specializing in purchase price allocations, impairment analyses, and cross-border M&A valuations. Max combines technical rigor in DCF and market-multiple valuation techniques with hands-on deal execution and governance for fair value reporting across large private equity portfolios. He is comfortable translating complex accounting standards (ASC 805/350/360/820/718) into actionable insights for investors and management. Based in New York and trained at NYU Stern in finance, international business, and mathematics, he’s known for mentoring teams and building best-practice frameworks that scale across jurisdictions. Colleagues would note he balances analytical intensity with a creative, “wake up dreaming” mindset that fuels unconventional problem-solving.
6 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degress, Finance, International Business, and Mathematics, Bachelor's degress, Finance, International Business, and Mathematics at New York University - Leonard N. Stern School of Business