He is the Leo Melamed Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business[1] and a board member of Dimensional Fund Advisors.

He came to the US on a Fulbright travel grant and received an MBA degree in 1972 and a Doctorate in Business Administration in 1975, both from Indiana University.

Constantinides began his career as an assistant professor at Carnegie Mellon University.

As examples, George Constantinides has made significant contributions to understanding the equity premium puzzle through various models and collaborations, such as incomplete markets, rare events, and internal habit models, paving the way for a multifaceted understanding of this financial phenomenon.

According to Research Papers in Economics, Constantinides ranks within the top 5% of authors based on numerous criteria.