Attention business students, faculty, alumni, and administrators: Nominations for Poets&Quants’ annual Best 40-Under-40 are now open! And, this year, the honor is open to more innovate business professors from around the world.
Beginning for 2026’s list, we have expanded the honor beyond the MBA to include faculty teaching across graduate business programs – from MiMs to specialized master’s degrees in finance and analytics to newer programs centered on AI and emerging technologies.
We believe the change reflects how business education (and business careers) are changing. More and more students are entering the workforce through early-career master’s programs, and we’ve seen truly innovative teaching and industry engagement happening in the space. Broadening eligibility allows the list to better capture the professors influencing the next generation of business talent at every stage, from students launching their first careers to those preparing to lead organizations.
For 2026, we are looking for MBA and other graduate business professors under the age of 40 who are masters in the classrooms, who influence business and policy, who are prolific researchers, and who have demonstrated meaningful impact on their fields.
We need you to tell us who they are.
The guidelines and eligibility for our 2026 Best 40-Under-40 list are as follows:
- Professors must be 39 years of age or younger before June 30, 2026 (verification of age will be confirmed by each professor’s institution)
- They must be a full-time business professor currently teaching in an MBA or other graduate business program. (Nominations for our 50 Best Undergraduate Business Professor list will open later this summer at PoetsAndQuantsForUndergrads.com.)
- Nominations can be submitted by students, faculty, alumni, and administrators
- Self-nominations are welcome and encouraged
The best candidates will have one or more of the following:
- First and foremost, a remarkable impact on students
- Noteworthy influence on business practices, public policy, business trends, etc.
- Impactful contributions to her/his respective field(s)
- Notable career milestones such as “youngest professor to” or “first professor to”
- Unique teaching style or techniques
- Noteworthy and highly recognized public profile or reputation
Submit your nominations by completing this survey by March 23, 2026. Professors on the final Best 40-Under-40 list, published in May, are selected by P&Q based on nominations that are submitted.
Questions? Contact Kristy Bleizeffer at kristy@poetsandquants.com.
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