# Justin Johnson

> Justin Johnson, CFA, is Senior Managing Director and Co-CEO of Valuation Research Corporation (VRC), a national valuation and advisory firm founded in 1975. He built VRC's San Francisco office from scratch into one of the firm's leading practices, with a deep focus on private equity funds and their portfolio companies. Since August 2017 he has shared the chief executive seat with PJ Patel, splitting the country between them - Johnson runs the West Coast and Central regions while staying hands-on in technical work on solvency opinions, fairness opinions, and complex securities valuation.

- **Role:** Senior Managing Director & Co-CEO at Valuation Research Corporation (VRC)
- **Organizations:** Valuation Research Corporation (VRC), Arthur Andersen, Merrill Lynch, PricewaterhouseCoopers, CFA Institute, CFA Society San Francisco
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Degrees in Accounting and Mandarin Chinese, Brigham Young University
- **Known for:** Founded and built VRC's San Francisco office into one of the company's leading practices, Named Co-CEO of VRC in 2017 in a shared-leadership structure with PJ Patel, CFA charterholder with over 20 years of valuation experience

## Career timeline

- **Pre-VRC** — Held positions at Arthur Andersen, Merrill Lynch, and PricewaterhouseCoopers
- **2000s** — Founded and grew VRC's San Francisco office into one of the firm's leading practices
- **2017** — Named Co-CEO of Valuation Research Corporation, effective August 1, 2017, alongside PJ Patel
- **Present** — Senior Managing Director & Co-CEO; oversees West Coast and Central regions; co-chairs the Opinion Committee

## Achievements

- Founded and built VRC's San Francisco office into one of the company's leading practices
- Named Co-CEO of VRC in 2017 in a shared-leadership structure with PJ Patel
- CFA charterholder with over 20 years of valuation experience
- Co-Chair of VRC's Opinion Committee and member of the Board of Directors and Executive Committee
- Serves leading private equity clients including Thoma Bravo, Vista Equity Partners, Clearlake Capital, Leonard Green & Partners, and GTCR

## Latest updates

- **2017-08** — Named Co-CEO of Valuation Research Corporation, overseeing the West Coast and Central regions.

## Links

- Website: https://valuationresearch.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-johnson-cfa-8543604

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