
2026 Best & Brightest Undergraduate Business Majors
| MBA Student |
Business School |
Hometown |
Post-Graduation Employer |
| Giovanni Antonio Ramos Loureiro Kizem Rodrigues |
Michigan State (Broad) |
Manaus, Brazil |
Antonio Rodrigues & Cia. Ltda. |
| Ayman Elhassan |
University of Minnesota (Carlson) |
Woodbury, MN |
Capital One |
| Mia McGraw |
University of Minnesota (Carlson) |
Cottage Grove, MN |
Procter & Gamble |
| Wendy Benitez Jaramillo |
New York University (Stern) |
Santa Barbara, CA |
HSBC |
| Martin Wu |
New York University (Stern) |
Sunnyvale, CA |
Evercore |
| Tyler Coffee |
University of North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler) |
Cary, NC |
Deloitte |
| Mary Esposito |
University of North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler) |
Raleigh, NC |
Money with Mary, Purple Pear |
| Samantha Asprelli |
Northeastern University (D’Amore McKim) |
Wrentham, MA |
Undecided |
| Aurrel Bhatia |
Northeastern University (D’Amore McKim) |
Bethpage, NY |
Morgan Stanley |
| Cole P. Cherian |
University of Notre Dame (Mendoza) |
Ardmore, PA |
McKinsey & Company |
| Grace Zaucha |
University of Notre Dame (Mendoza) |
Fort Worth, TX |
Undecided |
| Caleb Wooddell |
Ohio State (Fisher) |
Dublin, OH |
The Wendy’s Company |
| Shanele Tamulevicius |
University of Pittsburgh |
Langhorne, PA |
Ernst & Young |
| Elijah Osagie |
Providence College |
Randolph, MA |
Bank of America |
| Filippa Rodriguez |
Purdue University (Daniels) |
Bogota, Colombia |
PGIM Real Estate |
| Kensington Zwerner |
Rice University (Virani) |
Atlanta, GA |
Evercore |
| Nicholas Gabriel |
University of Richmond (Robins) |
Uniontown, PA |
KPMG |
| Ben (Duc) Nguyen |
University of Richmond (Robins) |
Hanoi, Vietnam |
Undecided |
| Steven Preval |
Rutgers Business School (Newark) |
West Orange, NJ |
Google |
| Noah Miller |
Rutgers Business School (New Brunswick) |
Flemington, NJ |
U.S. Navy |
| Carl Firch |
Southern Methodist University (Cox) |
Rockford, IL |
TPG |
| Juliana Lu |
Southern Methodist University (Cox) |
Dallas, TX |
JPMorgan Chase |
| Silke Pion |
Syracuse University (Whitman) |
Davis, CA |
GCM Grosvenor |
| Tyler Porter |
University of Tennessee (Haslam) |
Bowling Green, KY |
University of Tennessee (Graduate School) |
| Susan Liu |
Texas A&M University (Mays) |
The Woodlands, TX |
Lockheed Martin |
| Katie Hoang |
Texas Christian University (Neeley) |
Keller, TX |
Alpine Investors |
| Katie Russell |
Texas Christian University (Neeley) |
Peconic, NY |
Absolute Recomp |
| Nolan Watson |
University of Texas (McCombs) |
Orchard Park, NY |
Law School |
| José Manuel Salazar Bogado |
Trinity University (Neidorff) |
Caracas, Venezuela |
McKinsey & Company |
| Gianna Taveras |
Tulane University (Freeman) |
Westbury, NY |
Undecided |
| Noah George |
USC (Marshall) |
Pasadena, CA |
McKinsey & Company |
| Ty Keough |
USC (Marshall) |
Los Angeles, CA |
Actionist Consulting |
| John Henry Gingrich |
Villanova University |
Lancaster, PA |
Goldman Sachs |
| Sofia Arrascue |
Villanova University |
Deer Park, NY |
Wells Fargo |
| Carly Appel |
University of Virginia (McIntire) |
Atlanta, GA |
Bain & Company |
| Pranav Shah |
University of Virginia (McIntire) |
Pittsylvania County, VA |
PwC |
| Carter Kowalski |
Wake Forest University |
West Chester, PA |
JPMorgan Chase |
| Maddie Shannon |
Wake Forest University |
Charlotte, NC |
Barings |
| Krisanta Bolante |
University of Washington (Foster) |
Fife, WA |
Undecided |
| Lucas Bernicker |
Washington University (Olin) |
San Diego, CA |
Brandes Investment Partners |
| Grace Ehlert |
Washington University (Olin) |
Wilmette, IL |
UBS |
| Leah Elesinmogun |
Wharton School (University of Pennsylvania) |
Bowie, MD |
Goldman Sachs |
| Francesco Salamone |
Wharton School (University of Pennsylvania) |
Palermo, Sicily |
Undecided |
| Chloe Ausburn |
William & Mary (Mason) |
Thomasville, NC |
Deloitte Consulting |
| Ryan Yin |
William & Mary (Mason) |
Midlothian, VA |
KPMG |
| Joshua Elkin |
University of Wisconsin |
Delafield ,WI |
McKinsey & Company |
| Phoebe Vanna |
University of Wisconsin |
Chicago, IL |
Barclays |
| Ana Caroline Santana Sakai |
Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
Sao Paulo, Brazil |
Undecided |
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