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Mike Wright✝(1952–2019) was Professor of Entrepreneurship at Imperial College Business School. He held an honorary doctorate from the University of Ghent, was a visiting professor at ETH Zurich and INSEAD, and a member of the BCVA’s Advisory Board. Mike Wright was also Director of the Centre for Management Buyout Research, the first center to be established devoted to the study of private equity and buyouts, which was founded in March 1986 at the Nottingham University. Mike has published around 1300 pieces of work according to Google Scholar, including 40 books and around 400 articles in scholarly journals on entrepreneurship, management buyouts, venture capital, emerging markets, and strategy. Mike Wright was a Fellow of the British Academy, Academy of Social Sciences, and The British Academy of Management. Mike Wright made an outstanding contribution to the business and …