--- title: David Wessels | TIME description: David Wessels is an adjunct professor of finance at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and author of the book VALUATION: Measuring and Managing the Value of Companies published by Wiley now in its eighth edition. canonical: https://time.com/author/david-wessels/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/david-wessels/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # David Wessels ## David Wessels David Wessels is an adjunct professor of finance at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and author of the book [_VALUATION: Measuring and Managing the Value of Companies_](https://urldefense.com/v3/%5F%5Fhttps:/tracking.us.nylas.com/l/a8196b03d382407ba31842d870b246bb/0/2166e1d93ba2514cdb2f5ec79d3f78a809cd774b12d713e20b716c24aa51d762?cache%5Fbuster=1742412087%5F%5F;!!EIXh2HjOrYMV!bKzIEw9MiRVXpmRmXKzSuR5m8Ml2IYmH1aEy2GZBQSMNjtVmkNrDQFgjfQ4LB5XBWcVz6viVWHHl3q3xVN9HXg$) published by Wiley now in its eighth edition. ## David Wessels *  May 20, 2025 ### [Fear of Failure Can Sabotage Business Leaders](https://time.com/7286994/fear-failure-business-leaders/) Decades of research suggests that executives consistently weigh losses more heavily than gains—and m... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/david-wessels/","name":"David Wessels"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/david-wessels/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/david-wessels/"},"name":"David Wessels","jobTitle":"Contributor","description":"David Wessels is an adjunct professor of finance at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and author of the book VALUATION: Measuring and Managing the Value of Companies published by Wiley now in its eighth edition.","url":"https://time.com/author/david-wessels/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```