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.

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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.

Future of the Business World Podcast

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...
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Global Youth News

Analyzing F-1 Motorsports Drivers in Wharton’s Moneyball FLEX

Growing up in Korea, I struggled against odds to nurture my unlikely love of baseball. I’d gather friends for pickup games in the city of Incheon’s only baseball field, relentlessly practicing my pitching, batting, and running to one day fulfill my childhood dream of becoming a Major League player. Soon,...
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College, Careers & Job Skills

How One Student Discovered Her Niche Inside Real Estate

Margaux D.K. believes that everyone who works in real estate has a personal reason for choosing that path. For her, it was the promise of new spaces. “I’ve moved 23 times in my life – 23 different houses,” says Margaux, a senior at the Wharton School of the University of...

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.

WATCH THE GLOBAL YOUTH SUMMER OVERVIEW

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Resources for Educators

Wharton Global Youth Program provides resources and training for teachers both inside and outside the high school classroom, including professional development opportunities and teaching tools. Offerings include lesson plans and articles with conversation starters, themed toolkits, a comprehensive video glossary, and student competitions.