Wharton Global Youth Program
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The Wharton Global Youth Program mobilizes the extensive opportunities of the Wharton academic community to educate and inspire pre-collegiate students to explore business practices, analyze the world’s complex challenges, and take the first steps in becoming leaders who will transform the global economy.
Wharton Global High School Investment Competition
The Wharton Global High School Investment Competition is a free, experiential investment challenge for high school students (9th to 12th grade) and teachers. Students work in teams of four to seven, guided by a teacher as their advisor, and have access to an online stock market simulator. Together, they learn about strategy-building, teamwork, communication, risk, diversification, company and industry analysis, and many other aspects of investing.
News & Articles
Wharton Global Youth produces original content introducing high school students and educators to the broad scope of business and finance education. Explore hundreds of educational articles featuring Wharton analysis, discover enterprising teen entrepreneurs on our monthly Future of the Business World Podcast, and more.
How Studying Online with Wharton Inspired Me to Reimagine Lithuania’s Food Deserts
Whenever I travel anywhere by car, my family has to decide on a place to grab lunch. Almost all the options are well-known fast-food restaurants, like McDonald’s or KFC. The only other options available between Russia and Lithuania — the two countries I live in — are small cafés, where...
Skyscrapers and Shopping Malls: How Commercial Real Estate Shapes Your World
When Wharton Global Youth met up with Margaux D.K., a Wharton School senior at the University of Pennsylvania who is heading into a real estate career, she defined her passion for real estate like this: “I appreciate that we are investing in something tangible and helping to shape communities.” Think...
The Art, Business and Community of Baseball Gloves
Every now and then, we discover a Wharton Global Youth student who is using business skills to do something quite unique -- and it's just too good to pass up the opportunity to connect and learn from them. Such is the case on our latest Future of the Business World...
Our annual report highlights the Wharton Global Youth team’s achievements in a year’s time. Discover Global Youth’s mission-driven work, partnerships, markets and vision as we deliver quality business-education opportunities to high school students and educators.
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