Julian Koski is president and co-chief executive officer of Transparent Value. He is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the firm. He works with the management team to formulate and implement the firm's business strategy. Julian is also responsible for executing the firm's sales and marketing plan, and for developing strategic partnerships with financial institutions.

In 1984, Julian emigrated from South Africa to the United States and founded Financial Feasibilities. From 1984 to 1988, Julian co-authored CFO Advisor, a corporate finance advisory service designed to help companies identify value-building opportunities. During his tenure at Financial Feasibilities, Julian was retained by the accounting firm Laventhol & Horwath to provide financial advisory services to a number of its clients.

In 1990, Ernst & Young acquired the CFO Advisor methodology. Julian was hired to conceive a corporate finance and investment analysis service and put it into practice. More than 400 Ernst & Young partners were trained to use the methodology as it was deployed throughout the organization's practices, including auditing, financial advisory and entrepreneurial services. Julian was also retained by Ernst & Young to consult on client engagements.

In 1996, Julian teamed up with Inc. magazine to form Financial Resource Group LLC, an investment bank that specialized in providing corporate finance advisory and capital formation services to emerging-growth companies. He also created FRG Equities, a venture fund that provided seed capital to startups. Faced with ballooning valuations during the course of investment decisions he made on behalf of FRG, Julian recognized the need for an alternative investment approach. As a result, he created a unique investment methodology that FRG employed for its private equity investments.

Julian has been a presenter at Inc. magazine conferences on valuation, venture-capital funding and value-based compensation. He has lectured at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's "Birthing of Giants" program on subjects such as valuation and performance measurement.

Julian studied at the University of Witwatersrand (Bachelor of Accountancy) and the University of South Africa (Bachelor of Commerce).