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 six, 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.
Essentials of Leadership: A Lesson In Psychological Safety
Our first student essay from summer 2025 is written by Nalin A., a high school student from Dallas, Texas, U.S., who studied with Wharton Global Youth in the online Essentials of Leadership program. Before my summer experience with the Wharton Global Youth Program, I had a pretty straightforward view of...
Expanding Financial Education in Latin America
Wharton Global Youth travels to Lima, Peru, by way of the Wharton School to kick off a new year of Future of the Business World episodes. We met Chelsea Rojas in the summer of 2025 when she participated in our online Future of the Business World program and was an...
A Summer of Commenting Leads to Meaningful Connections
It felt appropriate that Wharton Global Youth decided this year to end its 2025 Comment and Win Competition with the annual “Making Connections” theme. We spent the summer – from June 16 to August 15 – reading more than 900 reflective comments on Wharton Global Youth educational content from high...
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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Badges, Certificates, Transcripts & More
How will you highlight your Wharton Global Youth learning experience? Check out the ways you can show the world how you spent your time with us.