Erez Kalir is an analyst at Porter & Co. with deep experience in biology, finance, and law. He oversees the research and recommendations for Porter & Co.'s Biotech Frontiers. Before joining Porter & Co., he was an early member of the bankruptcy and restructuring group at McKinsey, a founding member of the special-situations team at a large hedge fund affiliated with Goldman Sachs, and worked directly for Julian Robertson at Tiger Management during the global financial crisis.
After studying biology and computer science at Stanford University, Erez earned a master's degree in biology (with a focus on cell biology and genetics) with distinction (highest honors) at University of Oxford, where he studied on a Rhodes Scholarship. He holds a Juris Doctorate from Yale Law School, where he was the senior editor of the Yale Law Journal and a Coker Fellow.