Steve Balaban, CFA是私募股权领域的专业人士，在投资、咨询及教学方面拥有丰富经验。他现任Mink Capital 首席投资官，主要为家族办公室提供私募股权投资方面的投资建议、咨询及教育服务。
Steve同时担任滑铁卢大学（University of Waterloo）讲师并多次获奖，他在该校开设私募股权、财富管理及国际课程等课程，也是该校历史上唯一一位在同一年同时获得“杰出教学奖”（Distinguished Teaching Award）和“WUSA本科教学卓越奖”（WUSA Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award）的讲师。
Steve是 CFA Institute 私募股权教材内容的编写者之一，曾任CFA Society Toronto理事会成员，目前担任该协会教育咨询委员会成员。

Steve Balaban, CFA, is a thought leader on private equity with experiences as an investor, advisor and award-winning lecturer. He is the Chief Investment Officer of Mink Capital where he advises, consults and educates family offices on how to invest in private equity. Due to the rising demand from family offices, financial institutions and service providers in private equity, he launched Mink Learning, a private equity education company that offers videos, resources and training to make the complex world of private equity simple.

Steve is also an award-winning lecturer at the University of Waterloo where he has created new courses on private equity, wealth management and the international course, a course that takes students to different areas of the world each year. His approach to education is unique as he uses innovative technologies and experiential teaching methods to explain concepts to his students. His passion for teaching resulted in being the only lecturer in the history of the University of Waterloo to win both the Distinguished Teaching Award (Steve Balaban – Distinguished Teaching Award) and the WUSA Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award in the same year.

In an effort to educate his students and the general public about private equity, Steve launched a one-of-a-kind Private Equity YouTube Channel to make the complex world of private equity simple. This channel has received over 1,500,000 views and counting: Steve Balaban – Private Equity YouTube Channel.

Steve is also a contributing author on the subject of private equity for the CFA Institute, he served on the Board of Directors for the CFA Society Toronto and currently serves on the Education Advisory Committee for the CFA Society Toronto.

Prior to Mink Capital and the University of Waterloo, Steve worked at Dunkley Capital where he invested in private equity, including a consolidation of billboard companies throughout Canada where he served as President of Stellar Outdoor Advertising.

Steve received a Bachelor of Mathematics from the University of Waterloo, where he graduated on the Dean’s List, and received an Honours Bachelor of Business Administration from Wilfrid Laurier University. He has also earned his Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.

Steve has extensive international experience. He has worked, studied and visited over 85 countries in every continent in the world.