International Journal of Accounting and Financial Reporting ISSN 2162-3082 2018, Vol. 8, No. 1 http://ijafr.macrothink.org 261 CEO Characteristics and Valuation of the Organization: A Quantile Regression Analysis Muhammad Rizwan Nazir (Corresponding author) PhD Scholar (Finance), School of Finance Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, China E-mail: rizwan.n99@outlook.com Muhammad Imran Nazir PhD Scholar (Finance), School of Finance Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, China Ifran Khan MS Scholar (Finance), IFAS Xiamen University, China Faryal PMAS Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi, Pakistan Received: February 22, 2018 Accepted: March 4, 2018 Published: March 14, 2018 doi:10.5296/ijafr.v8i1.12824 URL: https://doi.org/10.5296/ijafr.v8i1.12824 Abstract This study examines the effects of three highly-visible CEO characteristics on a valuation of the organization. Using a sample for Chinese firms over the period of 2007-2016, we find that CEO age is consistently related with lower organizations’ valuation. CEO tenure is also related with lower valuation, but more significantly so in the higher quantiles of organizations’